flotsam

English

Alternative forms

• floatsome

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman floteson, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -atio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒtsəm/

Noun

flotsam (countable and uncountable, plural flotsams)

1. Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

Derived terms

• flotsam and jetsam

Translations

flotsam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 废料 (zh) (fèiliào)

• Danish: drivgods n
• Dutch: drijfhout (nl) n
• Esperanto: flosaĵo
• Faroese: reki m
• Finnish: ajelehtiva hylkytavara
• French: épave (fr) f, débris (fr) m or m pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Treibgut (de) n
• Italian: relitto (it) m
• Maori: pārāriki, paratai
• Portuguese: destroços
• Russian: обло́мки (ru) m pl (oblómki)
• Scottish Gaelic: murrag f
• Spanish: pecio (es) m
• Welsh: broc môr m

See also

• Template:projectlink
• lagan
• jetsam
• derelict
• salvage

Anagrams

• fotmals