raft

Signification (English)

1. A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
2. Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
3. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
4. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
5. (slang) A slice of toast.
6. A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
7. A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.

radeau

masse

train de bois

raft

good deal

tidy sum

quite a little

erst

flat-bottomed boat

molto

timber float

log raft

wooden raft

bamboo raft

affluence

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɑːft/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Cognate with norvégien

Cognate with danois

Cognate with albanais

In summary

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”). See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).

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