"flet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flet|t=floor of a house; house}} Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), {{inh|en|ang|flet}} Old English flet, {{m|ang|flett|t=the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling}} flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flatją|t=a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway}} Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleth₂-|t=flat, broad}} Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”), {{cog|nl|vlet|t=flat-bottomed vessel, dory}} Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), {{cog|nds|Flet|t=an upper bedroom}} Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), {{cog|de|Fletz}} German Fletz, {{m|de|Flötz|t=level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches}} Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”), {{m|en|flat}} flat Head templates: {{en-noun}} flet (plural flets)
  1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface. Tags: dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-flet-en-noun-j5dXtiet Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home. Tags: dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-flet-en-noun-A6MXcm2I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fleet, flette [obsolete]

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