flet

See also: flēt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *plad- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“vessel”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.

Noun

flet (plural flets)

  1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
  2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home.

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

flet

  1. imperative of flette

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɛ/

Noun

flet m (plural flets)

  1. flounder (fish)

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

flet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English flet, flett (“floor, ground; dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flet/

Noun

flet (plural flets)

  1. the floor, ground
    Cliued mi saule to þi flet. — Northern Verse Psalter, 1400
  2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall
    Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400
  3. A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield
    Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380

Descendants

References

  • Middle English Dictionary, flet

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flet/

Noun

flet n (nominative plural flet)

  1. the floor, ground
    Heó on flet gecrong — She sank to the ground.
  2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall
    Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe. — If the house be stained with blood.
Declension
Derived terms
  • fletræst f. — couch
  • fletsittend m. — sitter in hall, courtier, guest.
  • fletwerod n. — hall-troop, body-guard
Descendants

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”); compare Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fleːt/

Noun

flēt f (nominative plural flēta)

  1. cream, skimming, curds
    Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. — Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.
Declension
References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", flet et al.
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), flet.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɛt/
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Noun

flet m inan

  1. flute (woodwind instrument)

Declension

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English flat.

Noun

flet

  1. flat; apartment
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