"flotter" meaning in French

See flotter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /flɔ.te/ Audio: Fr-flotter.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French flotter, from Old French floter (“to float”), from Frankish *flotōn (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), Old English flotian (“to float”), Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”). More at English float. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|flotter|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French flotter, {{inh+|fr|frm|flotter}} Inherited from Middle French flotter, {{inh|fr|fro|floter|t=to float}} Old French floter (“to float”), {{der|fr|frk|*flotōn|t=to float, swim}} Frankish *flotōn (“to float, swim”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*flutōną|t=to float, swim}} Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*plew-}} Proto-Indo-European *plew-, {{cog|dum|vlōten|t=to float, swim}} Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), {{cog|ang|flotian|t=to float}} Old English flotian (“to float”), {{cog|non|flota|t=to float, launch}} Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”), {{cog|en|float}} English float Head templates: {{fr-verb}} flotter Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flotter [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], flottant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], flotté [participle, past], flotte [first-person, indicative, present, singular], flottes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], flotte [indicative, present, singular, third-person], flottons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], flottez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], flottent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], flottais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], flottais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], flottait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], flottions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], flottiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], flottaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], flottai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], flottas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], flotta [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], flottâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], flottâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], flottèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], flotterai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], flotteras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], flottera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], flotterons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], flotterez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], flotteront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], flotterais [conditional, first-person, singular], flotterais [conditional, second-person, singular], flotterait [conditional, singular, third-person], flotterions [conditional, first-person, plural], flotteriez [conditional, plural, second-person], flotteraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], flotte [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], flottes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], flotte [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], flottions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], flottiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], flottent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], flottasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], flottasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], flottât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], flottassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], flottassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], flottassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], flotte [imperative, second-person, singular], flottons [first-person, imperative, plural], flottez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (intransitive) to float Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flotter-fr-verb-79GMauPA
  2. to flutter, to wave
    Sense id: en-flotter-fr-verb-Hc0ypVRt
  3. (informal) to mill about Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-flotter-fr-verb-1B9eFB8L Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 89 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 18 35 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 4 54 33 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 57 36 2 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flottaison, flottant, flotte, flotteur

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "flotar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: flotar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: flotar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "flottare",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: flottare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: flottare"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "flotar",
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: flotar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: flotar"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
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        "past"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottais",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "flottiez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flottaient",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flottas",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotta",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottâmes",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottâtes",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottèrent",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterai",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotteras",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottera",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterons",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotteront",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterais",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterais",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterait",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotterions",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotteriez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotteraient",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotte",
      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottes",
      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotte",
      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottions",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottiez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottent",
      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottasse",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottasses",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottât",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottassions",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottassiez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.ta.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottassent",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flotte",
      "ipa": "/flɔt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottons",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flottez",
      "ipa": "/flɔ.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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        "third-person"
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        "present"
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        "third-person"
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/flɔ.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "flotterez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "perfect",
        "present"
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        "pluperfect"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mill about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mill about",
          "mill about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to mill about"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/flɔ.te/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-flotter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/Fr-flotter.ogg/Fr-flotter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Fr-flotter.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flotter"
}

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