fleet

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From Middle English fleten (“float”), from Old English flēotan (“float”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

From fleet (“stream, estuary”).

From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).

From Middle English flete (“bay, gulf”), from Old English flēot (“a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą. Cognate with Dutch vliet (“stream, river, creek, inlet”), German Fleet (“watercourse, canal”).

See flet.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ancient Greek: ταχύς (takhús) — swift in motion
• Ancient Greek: ὠκύς (ōkús) — swift in motion
• Latin: vēlōx — swift in motion
• Osage: kˀą́saaki — swift in motion
• Plautdietsch: flott (nds) — swift in motion
• Russian: проворный (provornyj) — swift in motion
• Russian: прыткий (prytkij) — swift in motion
• Sanskrit: आशु (āśú) — swift in motion
• Afrikaans: vloot — group of vessels or vehicles
• Albanian: flotë — group of vessels or vehicles
• Arabic: أُسْطُول (ʔusṭūl) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Armenian: տորմիղ (tormiġ) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Azerbaijani: donanma — group of vessels or vehicles
• Azerbaijani: park — group of vessels or vehicles
• Basque: ontzidi — group of vessels or vehicles
• Basque: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: флёт (fljot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: флёта (fljóta) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: флаты́лія (flatýlija) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: фляты́лія (fljatýlija) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Belarusian: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Bengali: নৌবহর (nōubohor) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Bulgarian: фло́та (flóta) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Bulgarian: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Burmese: ယာဉ်စု (yanycu.) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Catalan: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Catalan: estol — group of vessels or vehicles
• Chinese Mandarin: 艦隊 /舰队 (jiànduì) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Chinese Mandarin: 船隊 /船队 (chuánduì) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Crimean Tartar: flot — group of vessels or vehicles
• Czech: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Czech: loďstvo — group of vessels or vehicles
• Danish: flåde — group of vessels or vehicles
• Dutch: vloot — group of vessels or vehicles
• Esperanto: floto — group of vessels or vehicles
• Estonian: laevastik — group of vessels or vehicles
• Finnish: laivasto — group of vessels or vehicles
• Finnish: ajokalusto — group of vessels or vehicles
• Finnish: kalusto — group of vessels or vehicles
• Finnish: liikkuva kalusto — group of vessels or vehicles
• French: flotte — group of vessels or vehicles
• Galician: frota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Georgian: ფლოტი (ploṭi) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Georgian: ფლოტილია (ploṭilia) — group of vessels or vehicles
• German: Flotte — group of vessels or vehicles
• Greek: στόλος (stólos) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Hebrew: צִי (tsi) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Hungarian: flotta — group of vessels or vehicles
• Icelandic: floti — group of vessels or vehicles
• Ido: floto — group of vessels or vehicles
• Irish: cabhlach — group of vessels or vehicles
• Irish: loingeas — group of vessels or vehicles
• Italian: flotta — group of vessels or vehicles
• Japanese: 艦隊 (kantai) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Japanese: 船隊 (sentai) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Japanese: フリート (furīto) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Kazakh: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Kazakh: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Khmer: នាវាចរ (niəviəcɑɑ) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Korean: 함대 (hamdae) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Korean: 선단 (seondan) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Kyrgyz: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Kyrgyz: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Lao: ກອງເຮືອ (kǭng hư̄a) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Latin: classis — group of vessels or vehicles
• Latvian: flote — group of vessels or vehicles
• Lithuanian: flotilė — group of vessels or vehicles
• Macedonian: флота (flota) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Malay: armada — group of vessels or vehicles
• Māori: kahupapa — group of vessels or vehicles
• Māori: kaupapa — group of vessels or vehicles
• Māori: tāruru — group of vessels or vehicles
• Mongolian: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Mongolian: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norman: fliotte — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norwegian Bokmål: flåte — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norwegian Bokmål: vognpark — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flote — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flåte — group of vessels or vehicles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vognpark — group of vessels or vehicles
• Occitan: flòta — group of vessels or vehicles
• Odia: ଜାହାଜ (jāhāja) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Iranian Persian: ناوْگان (nâvgân) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Plautdietsch: Flott — group of vessels or vehicles
• Polish: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Polish: tabor — group of vessels or vehicles
• Portuguese: frota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Romanian: flotă — group of vessels or vehicles
• Romanian: flotilă — group of vessels or vehicles
• Russian: флоти́лия (flotílija) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Russian: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Russian: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Scottish Gaelic: cabhlach — group of vessels or vehicles
• Serbo-Croatian: фло̏та — group of vessels or vehicles
• Serbo-Croatian: flȍta — group of vessels or vehicles
• Slovak: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Slovak: flotila — group of vessels or vehicles
• Slovak: loďstvo — group of vessels or vehicles
• Slovene: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Spanish: flota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Spanish: parque — group of vessels or vehicles
• Spanish: flotilla — group of vessels or vehicles
• Swedish: flotta — group of vessels or vehicles
• Tagalog: plota — group of vessels or vehicles
• Tajik: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Tajik: новгон (novgon) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Tamil: கடற்படை (kaṭaṟpaṭai) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Thai: กองเรือ (gɔɔng-rʉʉa) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Thai: ทัพเรือ (táp-rʉʉa) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Turkish: filo — group of vessels or vehicles
• Turkish: donanma — group of vessels or vehicles
• Ukrainian: флот (flot) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Ukrainian: флоти́лія (flotýlija) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Ukrainian: парк (park) — group of vessels or vehicles
• Uzbek: flot — group of vessels or vehicles
• Uzbek: park — group of vessels or vehicles
• Vietnamese: hạm đội — group of vessels or vehicles
• Welsh: llu môr — group of vessels or vehicles
• Welsh: lluon môr — group of vessels or vehicles
• Finnish: kalusto — group of associated items
• Bulgarian: минавам бързо (minavam bǎrzo) — To pass over rapidly
• Polish: błąkać się — To pass over rapidly