flotte

See also: Flotte and flotté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔt/

• audio (la flotte)

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Etymology 1

First attested in Old French as flote, likely from the same Germanic root as English float.

Noun

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. fleet

Etymology 2

Deverbal of flotter.

Noun

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. (colloquial) water

   La carte est tombée dans la flotte.

2. (colloquial) rain

   Et allez! Encore de la flotte toute cette semaine!

Verb

flotte

1. inflection of flotter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔtə/

Adjective

flotte

1. inflection of flott:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Noun

flotte f

1. plural of flotta

Anagrams

• fletto

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse floti.

Noun

flotte

1. raft

Adjective

flotte

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of flott.

Anagrams

• tolfte