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Crimean Tatar Etymology Borrowed from Russian флот ( flot ) , from Dutch vloot ( “ fleet ” ) .
Noun flot
fleet Declension References Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002 ) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary →ISBN “flot ”, in Luğatçıq French Etymology Inherited from Middle French flot ( “ considerable quantity of poured liquid, stream, flow ” ) , from Old French flot ( “ mass of moving water, flood, tidal flow ” ) , partly from Old Norse flóð ( “ stream, river, flood, massive flow of water ” ) ; partly from Frankish *flota ( “ flux, streaming flow ” ) ; and partly from Frankish *flōd ( “ river, flood ” ) ; all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz ( “ river ” ) , *flutōną ( “ flow ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- ( “ to pour, wash ” ) . Cognate with Old Dutch fluod ( “ river ” ) , Old High German fluot ( “ flood ” ) , Old English flōd ( “ river, flood ” ) , Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 ( flōdus “ river, stream ” ) . More at fleuve flood flow
Pronunciation Noun flot m plural flots
( in the plural , literary ) waves
2014 Comme un bateau :Un peu comme un bateau / J’avance face à la mer / Je navigue sur les flots A bit like a boat / I move through the sea / I sail on the waves stream , flood (large amount)
J’ai reçu un flot de lettres. ― I received a flood of letters. incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide Derived terms Further reading Middle English Noun flot
Alternative form of flote ( “ float, fleet ” ) Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology 1 Adjective flot (neuter flott definite singular and plural flote comparative flotare indefinite superlative flotast definite superlative flotaste
Alternative spelling of flòt Noun flot n definite singular flotet indefinite plural flot definite plural flota
Alternative spelling of flòt Etymology 2 Noun flot f definite singular flota indefinite plural floter definite plural flotene
Alternative spelling of flòt Anagrams Old English Pronunciation Noun flot n
sea Old French Alternative forms Etymology Partly from Old Norse flóð ( “ stream, river, flood, massive flow of water ” ) ; partly from Frankish *flota ( “ flux, streaming flow ” ) ; and partly from Frankish *flōd ( “ river, flood ” ) ; all from Proto-Germanic *flōduz ( “ river ” ) , Proto-Germanic *flutōną ( “ flow ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- ( “ to pour, wash ” ) .
Noun flot oblique singular , m oblique plural floz or flotz nominative singular floz or flotz nominative plural flot
wave , billow ; surge on the surface of a body of water agitated by windsa large expanse of moving water, flood ; river
current , stream Related terms Descendants Middle French: flot
Picard: flôt ( Athois ) Polish Pronunciation Noun flot
genitive plural of flota