fleot

Part of speech: noun, feminine
IPA: /fle͜oːt/
Syllables: fle͜oːt (1 syllable)

fleot1 · noun · feminine

Senses

that which floats, the float; watercraft: a raft, ship, punt or vessel
that which floats, the float; cream (the unrefined milk fat skimmed from or floating on the surface of milk)

fleot2 · noun · masculine/feminine

Senses

place where ships float: a bay, arm of the sea, estuary, or river's mouth; a river or stream

fleot3 · verb · inflected form

Senses

singular imperative of flēotan
Inflected form of flēotan

Etymology

Nominalization of flēotan (“to float”).

From Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą. Cognate with Old Frisian flet n (“river”), Dutch vliet m (“rivulet, brook”), German Fließ m or n (“stream”), Middle High German vliez m or n (“rivulet”), Old High German flioz m (“river”), and Icelandic fljót n (“river”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Descendants

fleet

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