flotter

Meaning

1. to float
2. to flutter, to wave
3. (informal) to mill about

Concepts

float

wave

swim

dangle

swing

drift

hover

waft

display

fly

hoist

drift about

hang in air

be suspended

dance

flutter

turn over

fluctuate

hesitate

stream

waver

afloat

be afloat

be adrift

blow

plasterer’s float

ice-cream float

ice-cream soda

rain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɔ.te/

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.