flot

Etymology

Dutch vloot (“fleet”).

Noun

flot

1. fleet

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Etymology

From Middle French flot (“considerable quantity of poured liquid, stream, flow”), from Old French flot (“mass of moving water, flood, tidal flow”), partly from Old Norse flóð (“stream, river, flood, massive flow of water”); partly from Frankish *flota (“flux, streaming flow”); and partly from Frankish *flōd (“river, flood”); all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”), Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (“to pour, wash”). Cognate with Old Dutch fluod (“river”), Old High German fluot (“flood”), Old English flōd (“river, flood”), Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus, “river, stream”). More at fleuve, flood, flow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo/

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Noun

flot m (plural flots)

1. (in the plural, literary) waves
2. stream, flood (large amount)

   J'ai reçu un flot de lettres. — I received a flood of letters.

3. incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide

Further reading

• “flot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• fluet, flued, fleu, flue

Etymology

Partly from Old Norse flóð (“stream, river, flood, massive flow of water”); partly from Frankish *flota (“flux, streaming flow”); and partly from Frankish *flōd (“river, flood”); all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”), Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (“to pour, wash”).

Noun

flot m (oblique plural floz or flotz, nominative singular floz or flotz, nominative plural flot)

1. wave, billow; surge on the surface of a body of water agitated by winds
2. a large expanse of moving water, flood; river
3. current, stream

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔt/

Noun

flot

1. genitive plural of flota