flet

See also: flēt

English

Alternative forms

• flette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *plad- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“vessel”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.

Noun

flet (plural flets)

1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home.

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Danish

Verb

flet

1. imperative of flette

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛ/

Noun

flet m (plural flets)

1. flounder (fish)

Further reading

• “flet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flet/, [fɫɛt]

Verb

flet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English flet, flett (“floor, ground; dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flet/

Noun

flet (plural flets)

1. the floor, ground

   Cliued mi saule to þi flet. — Northern Verse Psalter, 1400

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400

3. A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield

   Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380

Descendants

• English flat

References

• Middle English Dictionary, flet

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Old English

Alternative forms

• fled, flett

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flet/

Noun

flet n (nominative plural flet)

1. the floor, ground

   Heó on flet gecrong — She sank to the ground.

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe. — If the house be stained with blood.

Declension

Declension of flet (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flet	flet
accusative	flet	flet
genitive	fletes	fleta
dative	flete	fletum

Derived terms

• fletræst f. — couch
• fletsittend m. — sitter in hall, courtier, guest.
• fletwerod n. — hall-troop, body-guard

Descendants

• Middle English: flet
  • English flat

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”); compare Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleːt/

Alternative forms

• flete, fliet, flyte

Noun

flēt f (nominative plural flēta)

1. cream, skimming, curds

   Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. — Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

Declension of flet (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flēt	flēte, flēta
accusative	flēt, flēte	flēte, flēta
genitive	flēte	flēta
dative	flēte	flētum

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", flet et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), flet.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɛt]

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Noun

flet m inan

1. flute (woodwind instrument)

Declension

declension of flet

	singular	plural
nominative	flet	flety
genitive	fletu	fletów
dative	fletowi	fletom
accusative	flet	flety
instrumental	fletem	fletami
locative	flecie	fletach
vocative	flecie	flety

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English flat.

Noun

flet

1. flat; apartment