flotter

Meaning

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

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flɔ.te/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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