flotte

See also: Flotte and flotté

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔt/

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Etymology 1

First attested in Old French as flote, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“a float; raft; boat; ship”) through Norman or Frankish *flote

Noun

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. fleet

Descendants

• → Catalan: flota
• → Galician: frota
• → Italian: flotta
• → Portuguese: frota
• → Spanish: flota

Etymology 2

Deverbal of flotter.

Noun

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. (colloquial) water

   La carte est tombée dans la flotte.

   The map fell in the water.

2. (colloquial) rain

   Et allez! Encore de la flotte toute cette semaine!

   Come on! More rain this week!

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔtə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

Italian

Noun

flotte f

1. plural of flotta

Anagrams

• fletto

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse floti.

Noun

flotte c

1. raft

Declension

Declension of flotte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flotte	flottes
	definite	flotten	flottens
plural	indefinite	flottar	flottars
	definite	flottarna	flottarnas

Adjective

flotte

1. definite natural masculine singular of flott

References

• “flotte”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “flotte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “flotte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• tolfte