different between flote vs lote

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English loten, lotien, from Old English *lotian, a variant (influenced by Old English lot (“fraud; deceit”)) of lutian (“to lie hid; be concealed; lurk; skulk; be latent”), from Proto-Germanic *lut?n? (“to conceal; hide; lurk”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????? (lut?n, “to deceive”).

Verb

lote (third-person singular simple present lotes, present participle loting, simple past and past participle loted)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To lurk; lie hidden

Derived terms

• loteby

Etymology 2

From Latin lotus, from Ancient Greek ????? (l?tós, “lotus”). Doublet of lotus.

Noun

lote (plural lotes)

1. A large tree (Celtis australis), the European nettle tree, found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherry-like fruit.

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Anagrams

• ELOT, Leto, telo-, tole

Dutch

Verb

lote

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of loten

French

Alternative forms

• lotte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t/

Noun

lote f (plural lotes)

1. burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)

Anagrams

• tôle

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor.

Noun

lote f (plural lotis)

1. fight, struggle
2. conflict
3. wrestling

Related terms

• lotâ
• lotadôr

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Proto-Germanic *hlut? (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?te?/

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. a quantity of things or persons

   Synonym: fato

2. set, group
3. faggot, bundle

   Synonym: feixe

4. lot, share

   Synonyms: partilla, sorte

5. (production) batch

References

• “lote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Noun

l?te

1. vocative singular of l?tus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lote

1. past participle of lyta

Portuguese

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlut? (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?l?.t??i/

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. lot
2. plot (of land)
3. batch

Spanish

Etymology

From French lot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lote/, [?lo.t?e]
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. lot (chance assignment)
2. lot, claim
3. plot (of land)
4. (production) batch
5. (informatics) batch

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swahili

Adjective

lote

1. Ji class inflected form of -ote.