different between flote vs flota

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

Spanish. See flotilla.

Noun

flota (plural flotas)

1. A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

References

• flota in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aloft, float

Catalan

Etymology

From French flotte.

Noun

flota f (plural flotes)

1. crowd
2. fleet

Further reading

• “flota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “flota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “flota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “flota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From German Flotte.

Noun

flota f

1. naval fleet

Further reading

• flota in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• flota in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Icelandic

Noun

flota

1. indefinite accusative singular of floti
2. indefinite dative singular of floti
3. indefinite genitive singular of floti
4. indefinite accusative plural of floti
5. indefinite genitive plural of floti

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flutô (“a float; raft; boat; ship”). Cognate with Old Norse floti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flo.t?/

Noun

flota m (nominative plural flotan)

1. sailor
2. ship

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: float
• Scots: flote

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.ta/

Noun

flota f

1. naval fleet
2. (slang, humorous) money

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?flota]

Noun

flota f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of flot?

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flôta/
• Hyphenation: flo?ta

Noun

fl?ta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. fleet

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flota/, [?flo.t?a]

Etymology 1

From French flotte.

Noun

flota f (plural flotas)

1. fleet
2. (Latin America) crowd

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

flota

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of flotar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of flotar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of flotar.

Further reading

• “flota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.