English

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.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     [...] they all have met again, / And are upon the Mediterranean flote / Bound sadly home for Naples [...]

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.

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Dutch

Verb

flote

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of fluiten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse floti.

Alternative forms

• flåte

Noun

flote m

1. raft
2. fleet

Inflection

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)

Spanish

Adjective

a flote m, f

1. 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.