flotte

• IPA^(key): /flɔt/

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First attested in Old French as flote, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“a float; raft; boat; ship”) through Norman or Frankish *flote

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. fleet

• → Catalan: flota
• → Galician: frota
• → Italian: flotta
• → Portuguese: frota
• → Spanish: flota

Deverbal of flotter.

flotte f (plural flottes)

1. (colloquial) water

   La carte est tombée dans la flotte.

   The map fell in the water.

2. (colloquial) rain

   Et allez! Encore de la flotte toute cette semaine!

   Come on! More rain this week!

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

flotte

1. inflection of flotter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “flotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔtə/

• Audio:

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flotte

1. inflection of flott:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

flotte f

1. plural of flotta

• fletto

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

flotte

1. definite singular of flott
2. plural of flott

From Old Norse floti.

flotte c

1. raft

flotte

1. definite natural masculine singular of flott

• flotte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flotte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flotte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• tolfte