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Old French
Etymology
floter + -eson, variant of -oison (French -aison).
Noun
floteson oblique singular, f (oblique plural flotesons, nominative singular floteson, nominative plural flotesons)
- (Anglo-Norman, hapax) flotsam
- pippe de vin flotants, balles de marchandises ou autre chose quelconque comme floteson
Usage notes
- According to the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub, the Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française (Godefroy) and the Trésor de langue française informatisé, the citation above is the only one that appears in the Old French period
- Although the citation does not show gender, gender can be deduced from the -eson suffix. Compare meson, seson, and so on.
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