different between flite vs flote

English

Alternative forms

• flyte (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English flit, flyt, ?eflit, from Old English fl?t, ?efl?t (“strife, contention”), from Proto-Germanic *fl?taz, *fl?tiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”). Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”),Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

Noun

flite (plural flites)

1. (dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. (dialectal) a scolding.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fliten (“to argue, quarrel”), from Old English fl?tan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *fl?tan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”), Dutch vlijt (“diligence, assiduity”), German Fleiß (“diligence, assiduity”), Swedish flit (“diligence”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish flid (“diligence”).

Verb

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flited or flote, past participle flited or flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

Related terms

• flyting

Anagrams

• filet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??t/
• Homophone: float

Etymology 1

Verb

flote

1. simple past tense of flite.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

flote (plural flotes)

1. (obsolete) A wave.

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

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

1. To fleet; to skim.

Anagrams

• TOEFL

Dutch

Verb

flote

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of fluiten

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

flote

1. Alternative form of flouter

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• floote, fflote, flot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl??t(?)/

Noun

flote (plural flotes)

2. Something that floats; a float or boat.
3. A fleet; a collection or grouping of vessels.
4. A group, band or mass of soldiers or fighters.
5. The condition of floating; flotation.
6. (rare) A mass or group of animals.
7. (rare) A body or mass of liquid.

Related terms

• floten

Descendants

• English: float
• Scots: flote, flot

References

• “fl?te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.

Etymology 3

Verb

flote

1. Alternative form of floten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse floti.

Alternative forms

• flåte

Noun

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

1. raft
2. fleet

Etymology 2

Verb

flote

1. past participle of flyta

Old French

Etymology

Germanic, compare English float.

Noun

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

1. fleet (collection of several watercraft)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?flote]

Noun

flote f

1. indefinite plural of flot?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of flot?

Spanish

Noun

flote m (plural flotes)

1. floatation (action and effect of floating)

   Synonyms: flotadura, flotación

Derived terms

• a flote (afloat)

Verb

flote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of flotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of flotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of flotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of flotar.