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• Received-Pronunciation: /fləʊt/
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• Canada, General-American: /floʊt/
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• Australian: /fləʉt/
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• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /flɐʉt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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• CMU ARPABET: F L OW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English flote, from Old English flota (“sailor, boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotō, from Proto-Germanic *flutô, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-.

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Compare flow, fleet.

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: ҡалҡыуыс (qalqıwıs) — buoyant device
• Bulgarian: буй (buj) — buoyant device
• Bulgarian: поплавък (poplavǎk) — buoyant device
• Catalan: boia — buoyant device
• Catalan: flotador — buoyant device
• Czech: plovák — buoyant device
• Dutch: vlot — buoyant device
• Dutch: dobber — buoyant device
• Finnish: koho — buoyant device
• Finnish: kelluke — buoyant device
• French: flotteur — buoyant device
• German: Floß — buoyant device
• German: Schwimmer (as in a carburetor) — buoyant device
• Greek: φελλός (fellós) — buoyant device
• Hebrew: מָצוֹף (matsof) — buoyant device
• Hungarian: úszó — buoyant device
• Japanese: 浮き (uki) — buoyant device
• Japanese: 浮揚物 (fuyoubutsu) — buoyant device
• Kabuverdianu: bóia — buoyant device
• Khmer: ប៉ោង (paong) — buoyant device
• Lithuanian: plaustas — buoyant device
• Lithuanian: plūdė — buoyant device
• Māori: kārewa — buoyant device
• Māori: kōrewa — buoyant device
• Norman: fliotte — buoyant device
• Norman: liège — buoyant device
• Polish: pława — buoyant device
• Portuguese: boia — buoyant device
• Romanian: plută — buoyant device
• Romanian: plutitor — buoyant device
• Russian: плот — buoyant device
• Russian: поплаво́к (poplavók) — buoyant device
• Serbo-Croatian: plovak — buoyant device
• Spanish: boya — buoyant device
• Swedish: flöte — buoyant device
• Turkish: şamandıra — buoyant device
• Dutch: rasp — tool similar to a rasp
• Dutch: vijl — tool similar to a rasp
• Finnish: höyläraspi — tool similar to a rasp
• Finnish: raspi — tool similar to a rasp
• Bulgarian: мистрия (mistrija) — sort of trowel
• Catalan: taloja — sort of trowel
• Czech: hladítko — sort of trowel
• Dutch: soort truweel — sort of trowel
• Finnish: hierrin — sort of trowel
• French: taloche — sort of trowel
• Italian: appianatoia — sort of trowel
• Italian: frattazzo — sort of trowel
• Italian: pialletto — sort of trowel
• Japanese: 左官鏝 — sort of trowel
• Japanese: 鏝 — sort of trowel
• Polish: paca — sort of trowel
• Polish: packa — sort of trowel
• Portuguese: broquel — sort of trowel
• Russian: мастеро́к (masterók) — sort of trowel
• Russian: глади́лка (gladílka) — sort of trowel
• Russian: прави́ло (pravílo) — sort of trowel
• Afrikaans: sierwa — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Catalan: carrossa — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Chinese Mandarin: 花車 /花车 (huāchē) — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Czech: alegorický vůz — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Dutch: praalwagen — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Esperanto: ĉaro — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Esperanto: paradĉaro — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Finnish: paraatiauto — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• French: char — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• German: Festwagen — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Irish: flóta — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Italian: carro allegorico — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Portuguese: carro alegórico — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Romanian: car alegoric — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Russian: платфо́рма (platfórma) — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Spanish: carroza — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Tagalog: karosa — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Tagalog: karang — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Welsh: car sioe — trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade
• Finnish: jakeluauto — small delivery vehicle
• German: Festwagen — small delivery vehicle
• German: niedriger Transportwagen — small delivery vehicle
• Polish: akumulatorowy pojazd — small delivery vehicle
• Finnish: maksamattomat varat — funds committed to be paid but not yet paid
• Polish: fundusze do spłacenia — funds committed to be paid but not yet paid
• Finnish: yleinen osakeanti — finance: offering of shares to the public
• Finnish: maksamattomat varat — banking: total amount of outstanding checks/cheques or other drafts
• Finnish: käteiskassa — insurance: premiums taken in but not yet paid out
• Finnish: jäätelösooda — soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream
• Japanese: フロート (furōto) — soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream
• Polish: koktajl lodowy — soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream
• Yiddish: פֿלאָוט (flout) — soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream
• Finnish: pohjakassa — small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business
• Polish: mała kwota pieniędzy w kasie — small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business
• Finnish: floattaus — poker maneuver
• Polish: blef — poker maneuver
• Finnish: kellua — to be supported by a fluid
• Finnish: keijua — to be supported by a fluid
• Finnish: leijua — to be supported by a fluid
• Persian: شناوری (šenāvari) — to be supported by a fluid
• Spanish: flotar — to be supported by a fluid
• Tooro: -seereera — to be supported by a fluid
• Arabic: طَفَا (ṭafā) — to be supported by a liquid
• Arabic: عَامَ (ʕāma) — to be supported by a liquid
• Assamese: ওপং (üpoṅ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Assamese: ভাহ (bhah) — to be supported by a liquid
• Belarusian: пла́ваць (plávacʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Belarusian: папла́ваць (paplávacʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Belarusian: плыць (plycʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Belarusian: паплы́ць (paplýcʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Bengali: ভাসা (bhaśa) — to be supported by a liquid
• Bulgarian: пла́вам (plávam) — to be supported by a liquid
• Burmese: မျော (myau:) — to be supported by a liquid
• Catalan: flotar — to be supported by a liquid
• Cebuano: lutaw — to be supported by a liquid
• Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎯ (kanuhi) — to be supported by a liquid
• Chinese Cantonese: 浮 (fau4) — to be supported by a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 浮 (fú) — to be supported by a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 漂浮 (piāofú) — to be supported by a liquid
• Czech: plavat — to be supported by a liquid
• Czech: plout — to be supported by a liquid
• Dutch: drijven — to be supported by a liquid
• Esperanto: flosi — to be supported by a liquid
• Estonian: hõljuma — to be supported by a liquid
• Finnish: kellua — to be supported by a liquid
• Finnish: keijua — to be supported by a liquid
• French: flotter — to be supported by a liquid
• Galician: flotar — to be supported by a liquid
• Galician: aboiar — to be supported by a liquid
• German: treiben — to be supported by a liquid
• German: schwimmen — to be supported by a liquid
• German: schweben — to be supported by a liquid
• Hebrew: צָף (ṣāf) — to be supported by a liquid
• Hindi: तैरना (tairnā) — to be supported by a liquid
• Hungarian: lebeg — to be supported by a liquid
• Hungarian: úszik — to be supported by a liquid
• Hungarian: felszínen marad — to be supported by a liquid
• Hungarian: fennmarad — to be supported by a liquid
• Indonesian: apung — to be supported by a liquid
• Italian: galleggiare — to be supported by a liquid
• Japanese: 浮かぶ (ukabu) — to be supported by a liquid
• Japanese: 浮く (uku) — to be supported by a liquid
• Japanese: 漂う (tadayou) — to be supported by a liquid
• Kabuverdianu: boia — to be supported by a liquid
• Kabuverdianu: boiá — to be supported by a liquid
• Khmer: អន្ដែត (on-dait) — to be supported by a liquid
• Latin: fluitō — to be supported by a liquid
• Lithuanian: plūduriuoti — to be supported by a liquid
• Lithuanian: plaukti — to be supported by a liquid
• Malay: terapung — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: mānu — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: pōrena — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: kōrewarewa — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: rewa — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: rewarewa — to be supported by a liquid
• Māori: whakamāpuna — to be supported by a liquid
• Mauritian Creole: flote — to be supported by a liquid
• Middle English: floten — to be supported by a liquid
• Middle English: fleten — to be supported by a liquid
• Middle English: swymmen — to be supported by a liquid
• Nepali: तैरिनु (tairinu) — to be supported by a liquid
• Norman: fliotter — to be supported by a liquid
• Old English: flēotan — to be supported by a liquid
• Pohnpeian: pei — to be supported by a liquid
• Polish: unosić się — to be supported by a liquid
• Polish: unieść się — to be supported by a liquid
• Portuguese: boiar — to be supported by a liquid
• Portuguese: flutuar — to be supported by a liquid
• Quechua: tuytuy — to be supported by a liquid
• Quechua: wamp'uy — to be supported by a liquid
• Romanian: pluti — to be supported by a liquid
• Romansh: flottar — to be supported by a liquid
• Russian: пла́вать (plávatʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Russian: всплывать (vsplyvatʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Russian: всплыть (vsplytʹ) — to be supported by a liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: plutati — to be supported by a liquid
• Lower Sorbian: pławiś — to be supported by a liquid
• Upper Sorbian: płuwać — to be supported by a liquid
• Spanish: flotar — to be supported by a liquid
• Spanish: sobrenadar — to be supported by a liquid
• Sundanese: ambang — to be supported by a liquid
• Swahili: -elea — to be supported by a liquid
• Swedish: flyta — to be supported by a liquid
• Tamil: மித (mita) — to be supported by a liquid
• Telugu: తేలు (tēlu) — to be supported by a liquid
• Tooro: -seereera — to be supported by a liquid
• Ottoman Turkish: یوزمك (yüzmek) — to be supported by a liquid
• Ukrainian: плавати, плисти (plavaty, plysty) — to be supported by a liquid
• Vietnamese: nổi — to be supported by a liquid
• Volapük: flotön — to be supported by a liquid
• Waray-Waray: lu-taw — to be supported by a liquid
• Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen) — to be supported by a liquid
• Zealandic: drieve — to be supported by a liquid
• Bengali: ভাসানো (bhaśanō) — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎲᏗᎭ (kanuhvdiha) — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Finnish: kelluttaa — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Finnish: laskea vesille — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Hindi: तैरना (tairnā) — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Hungarian: úsztat — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Hungarian: felszínen tart — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Japanese: 浮かべる (ukaberu) — to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
• Arabic: طَفَا (ṭafā) — to be capable of floating
• Bengali: ভাসা (bhaśa) — to be capable of floating
• Bulgarian: държа се на повърхността (dǎrža se na povǎrhnostta) — to be capable of floating
• Dutch: drijven — to be capable of floating
• Finnish: kellua — to be capable of floating
• Finnish: pysyä pinnalla — to be capable of floating
• French: flotter — to be capable of floating
• German: schwimmen — to be capable of floating
• Hungarian: lebeg — to be capable of floating
• Hungarian: úszik — to be capable of floating
• Indonesian: mengapung — to be capable of floating
• Japanese: 浮かぶ (ukabu) — to be capable of floating
• Japanese: 浮く (uku) — to be capable of floating
• Lithuanian: plūduriuoti — to be capable of floating
• Lithuanian: plaukti — to be capable of floating
• Norman: fliotter — to be capable of floating
• Portuguese: flutuar — to be capable of floating
• Portuguese: boiar — to be capable of floating
• Russian: держа́ться на воде́ (deržátʹsja na vodé) — to be capable of floating
• Serbo-Croatian: plutati — to be capable of floating
• Spanish: flotar — to be capable of floating
• Sundanese: ngambang — to be capable of floating
• Swedish: flyta — to be capable of floating
• Ukrainian: трима́тися на воді́ (trymátysja na vodí) — to be capable of floating
• Vietnamese: nổi — to be capable of floating
• Assamese: উট (ut) — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Dutch: meedrijven — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Finnish: ajelehtia — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• French: flotter — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• German: treiben — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Hungarian: sodródik — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Hungarian: úszik — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Lithuanian: plaukti — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Norman: fliotter — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Russian: дре́йфовать (dréjfovatʹ) — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Serbo-Croatian: odplutati — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Serbo-Croatian: ploviti — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Spanish: flotar — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Vietnamese: trôi — to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
• Finnish: ajelehtia — to drift aimlessly
• Finnish: lipua — to drift aimlessly
• Japanese: 漂流する (hyōryū suru) — to drift aimlessly
• Japanese: 漂う (tadayou) — to drift aimlessly
• Māori: whakatairangi — to drift aimlessly
• Māori: paho — to drift aimlessly
• Serbo-Croatian: muvati se — to drift aimlessly
• Serbo-Croatian: tumarati — to drift aimlessly
• Serbo-Croatian: besciljno se kretati — to drift aimlessly
• Serbo-Croatian: motati se — to drift aimlessly
• Swedish: driva omkring — to drift aimlessly
• Bulgarian: нося се (nosja se) — to drift gently through the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸浮 /悬浮 (xuánfú) — to drift gently through the air
• Dutch: zweven — to drift gently through the air
• Finnish: leijua — to drift gently through the air
• Finnish: leijailla — to drift gently through the air
• French: flotter — to drift gently through the air
• German: gleiten — to drift gently through the air
• German: schweben — to drift gently through the air
• Hungarian: lebeg — to drift gently through the air
• Japanese: 飛ぶ (tobu) — to drift gently through the air
• Japanese: 浮遊 (fuyū) — to drift gently through the air
• Japanese: 浮く (uku) — to drift gently through the air
• Latin: volito — to drift gently through the air
• Malay: امبڠ — to drift gently through the air
• Malay: ambang — to drift gently through the air
• Māori: tauhōkai — to drift gently through the air
• Māori: tākawe — to drift gently through the air
• Norman: fliotter — to drift gently through the air
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigla — to drift gently through the air
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sveva — to drift gently through the air
• Portuguese: flutuar — to drift gently through the air
• Portuguese: pairar — to drift gently through the air
• Russian: пари́ть (parítʹ) — to drift gently through the air
• Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — to drift gently through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: lebdjeti — to drift gently through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: letjeti — to drift gently through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: odletjeti — to drift gently through the air
• Spanish: flotar — to drift gently through the air
• Swedish: sväva — to drift gently through the air
• Yiddish: שוועבן (shvebn) — to drift gently through the air
• Dutch: vloeien — to move in a fluid manner
• Finnish: lipua — to move in a fluid manner
• Finnish: liukua — to move in a fluid manner
• Finnish: liihottaa — to move in a fluid manner
• French: flotter — to move in a fluid manner
• German: gleiten — to move in a fluid manner
• German: schweben — to move in a fluid manner
• Hungarian: lebeg — to move in a fluid manner
• Hungarian: siklik — to move in a fluid manner
• Lithuanian: tekėti — to move in a fluid manner
• Norman: fliotter — to move in a fluid manner
• Serbo-Croatian: ploviti — to move in a fluid manner
• Spanish: flotar — to move in a fluid manner
• Swedish: sväva — to move in a fluid manner
• Finnish: kiertää — to circulate
• Finnish: leijua — aviation: to remain airborne for an excessive length of time during landing
• Finnish: kantaa — colloquial: of an idea, to be viable
• Dutch: te water laten — to propose for consideration
• Dutch: voorstellen — to propose for consideration
• Finnish: heittää — to propose for consideration
• German: vorschlagen — to propose for consideration
• Hungarian: felvet — to propose for consideration
• Hungarian: javasol — to propose for consideration
• Japanese: 浮かぶ (ukabu) — to propose for consideration
• Serbo-Croatian: predložiti — to propose for consideration
• Serbo-Croatian: baciti — to propose for consideration
• Spanish: correr — to propose for consideration
• Spanish: plantear — to propose for consideration
• Spanish: flotar — to propose for consideration
• Dutch: vloeien — to automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change
• Finnish: kellua — of currencies, to have an exchange value determined by the market
• Finnish: kelluttaa — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Finnish: laskea kellumaan — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• French: flotter — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Hungarian: lebegtet — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Japanese: 超える (koeru) — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Norman: fliotter — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Swedish: flyta — to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule
• Finnish: vipata — colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to
• German: borgen — colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to
• Hungarian: kölcsönad — colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to
• Finnish: viedä pörssiin — to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange
• Hungarian: kibocsát — to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange
• Hungarian: forgalomba hoz — to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange
• Finnish: levittää lastalla — to spread plaster using float
• Finnish: raspata — to use a float upon
• Finnish: uittaa — to transport by float
• Finnish: floatata — poker: to perform a float