flote

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See also: floté, flòte, flöte, Flöte, and fløte

English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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flote

  1. simple past of flite.

Etymology 2

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Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

Noun

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flote (plural flotes)

  1. (obsolete) A wave.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
      Ar. [] and for the reſt o'th' Fleet
      (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe,
      And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote
      Bound ſadly home for Naples,
      Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt,
      And his great perſon periſh.
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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flote (third-person singular simple present flotes, present participle floting, simple past and past participle floted)

  1. To fleet; to skim.
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: [] Robert Triphook, [], and William Sancho, [], 1810, →OCLC:
      seald their Milk before they flote it

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Dutch

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Verb

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flote

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of fluiten

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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flote

  1. Alternative form of flouter

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old English flota (fleet), from Proto-Germanic *flutô, with influence from Old English flot (from Proto-Germanic *flutą) and Old French flote (from the same Germanic root as the two Old English terms).

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Noun

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flote (plural flotes)

  1. Something that floats; a float or boat.
  2. A fleet; a collection or grouping of vessels.
  3. A group, band or mass of soldiers or fighters.
  4. The condition of floating; flotation.
  5. (rare) A mass or group of animals.
  6. (rare) A body or mass of liquid.
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Descendants
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  • English: float
  • Scots: flote, flot
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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flote

  1. Alternative form of floten

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • IPA(key): /flo(ː)tə/, /fɽo(ː)tə/
  • Rhymes: -oːtə
  • Hyphenation: flò‧te

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse floti.

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Noun

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flote m (definite singular floten, indefinite plural flotar, definite plural flotane)

  1. raft
  2. fleet
  3. big man
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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flote

  1. past participle of flyta

Old French

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Etymology

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Germanic, compare English float.

Noun

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flote oblique singularf (oblique plural flotes, nominative singular flote, nominative plural flotes)

  1. fleet (collection of several watercraft)

Romanian

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flote f

  1. inflection of flotă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflote/ [ˈflo.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: flo‧te

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from flotar.

Noun

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flote m (plural flotes)

  1. floatation (action and effect of floating)
    Synonyms: flotadura, flotación
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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flote

  1. inflection of flotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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