flotant
English
Etymology
Old French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”).
Adjective
flotant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Represented as flying or streaming in the air or in water.
- a banner flotant
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flotant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Catalan
Verb
flotant
- present participle of flotar
Old French
Verb
flotant
- present participle of floter
Adjective
flotant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular flotant or flotante)
- floating; that floats
Descendants
- English: flotant (borrowed)
- French: flottant
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (flotant, supplement)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French flottant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈtant/
Adjective
flotant m or n (feminine singular flotantă, masculine plural flotanți, feminine and neuter plural flotante)
- floating
Declension
declension of flotant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | flotant | flotantă | flotanți | flotante | ||
| definite | flotantul | flotanta | flotanții | flotantele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | flotant | flotante | flotanți | flotante | ||
| definite | flotantului | flotantei | flotanților | flotantelor | |||
Synonyms
- plutitor
Related terms
- flota
- flotabil
- flotabilitate
- flotare
- flotație
- flotă
- flotilă