flot

See also: flòt, flöt, and fløt

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian флот (flot), from Dutch vloot (“fleet”).

Noun

flot

1. fleet

Declension

Declension of flot

	singular	plural
nominative	flot	flotlar
genitive	flotnıñ	flotlarnıñ
dative	flotqa	flotlarğa
accusative	flotnı	flotlarnı
locative	flotta	flotlarda
ablative	flottan	flotlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “flot”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French flot (“considerable quantity of poured liquid, stream, flow”), from Old French flot (“mass of moving water, flood, tidal flow”), partly from Old Norse flóð (“stream, river, flood, massive flow of water”); partly from Frankish *flota (“flux, streaming flow”); and partly from Frankish *flōd (“river, flood”); all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”), *flutōną (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (“to pour, wash”). Cognate with Old Dutch fluod (“river”), Old High German fluot (“flood”), Old English flōd (“river, flood”), Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus, “river, stream”). More at fleuve, flood, flow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo/

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Noun

flot m (plural flots)

1. (in the plural, literary) waves
   • 2014, Indila, Comme un bateau:

     Un peu comme un bateau / J’avance face à la mer / Je navigue sur les flots

     A bit like a boat / I move through the sea / I sail on the waves

2. stream, flood (large amount)

   J’ai reçu un flot de lettres. ― I received a flood of letters.

3. incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide

Derived terms

• à flot
• à flots

Further reading

• “flot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German flott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔt/
• Syllabification: flot

Adverb

flot (not comparable)

1. quickly, rapidly, fast, swiftly

   Synonyms: chùtkò, chiże, drawò

Further reading

• “flot”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Middle English

Noun

flot

1. Alternative form of flote (“float, fleet”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

flot (neuter flott, definite singular and plural flote, comparative flotare, indefinite superlative flotast, definite superlative flotaste)

1. Alternative spelling of flòt

Noun

flot n (definite singular flotet, indefinite plural flot, definite plural flota)

1. Alternative spelling of flòt

Etymology 2

Noun

flot f (definite singular flota, indefinite plural floter, definite plural flotene)

1. Alternative spelling of flòt

Anagrams

• loft

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flot/

Noun

flot n

1. sea

Old French

Alternative forms

• fluet, flued, fleu, flue

Etymology

Partly from Old Norse flóð (“stream, river, flood, massive flow of water”); partly from Frankish *flota (“flux, streaming flow”); and partly from Frankish *flōd (“river, flood”); all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”), Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (“to pour, wash”).

Noun

flot oblique singular, m (oblique plural floz or flotz, nominative singular floz or flotz, nominative plural flot)

1. wave, billow; surge on the surface of a body of water agitated by winds
2. a large expanse of moving water, flood; river
3. current, stream

Related terms

• floc

Descendants

• Middle French: flot
  • French: flot
• Picard: flôt (Athois)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔt/

Noun

flot

1. genitive plural of flota