fleet

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
2. Any group of associated items.
3. A large, coordinated group of people.
4. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
5. (British-Royal-Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
6. The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To float.
2. (ambitransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
3. (ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4. (intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
5. (intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.
6. To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
7. (intransitive) To move or change in position.
8. (obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
9. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
10. To take the cream from; to skim.

Adj

1. (literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
2. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fliːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flete

Hérité de ancien anglais: flēot

Appartenant à néerlandais: vliet

Appartenant à allemand: Fleet

Hérité de moyen anglais: fleten

Hérité de ancien anglais: flēotan

In summary

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

Concepts

flotte

parc

🏞️

escadre

flottille

rapide

convoi

escadrille

armada

au pied léger

convoi de navires

marine de guerre

passer

voltiger

Synonymes

swift

navy

armada

quick

flotilla

fast

rapid

fly

✈️

speedy

fade

pass off

going quickly

flutter

evanesce

flying

flit

blow over

prompt

nimble

clear off

convoy

dart

🎯

marine

expeditious

pass

stock

escadrille

cast off

drive off

drive away

cast

assist

dissolve

discard

career

high-speed

cursory

buzz off

arrive

aid

go off

go away

get away

come away

bus

🚌

group

hasten

help

clear out

break away

Traductions

flota

flotta

Flotte

frota

vloot

στόλος

flota

flota

أسطول

armada

naviglio

donanma

Fahrzeugpark

velox

πομπή

Phrases

Other elements of the fleet managed to reach Elba .

D'autres éléments de la flotte ont réussi à atteindre Elba.

Honor joins Admiral Mark Sarnow's fleet alongside her old enemy , Pavel Young .