different between flote vs floe

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.

English

Etymology

Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Homophones: flow, Flo
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

floe (plural floes)

1. A low, flat mass of floating ice.

   Synonym: ice floe

Translations

References

• American Heritage Dictionary

Anagrams

• lofe