Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flotate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flotate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"Clouds do not flotate, they stay."
"OK. But I think that dragging noises does not bother so much on motorcycles. It doesn't matter much wich ^([sic]) part flotates - as long as the brake pads doesn't touch the rotor when not braking.."
"Course the funniest one sent to me was by one guy who crashed, and riccocheted all over the start finish secition of Spa, bouncing off the sky and flotating up in the air like he was caught up in some sort of invisible twister, before hitting the ground!"

Etymology

Back-formation from flotation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Equivalent to float + -ate.

Inflected Forms

flotates (present, singular) flotating (participle, present) flotated (participle, past) flotated (past)

Questions

What does flotate mean?: To float.
Where does flotate come from?: Back-formation from flotation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Equivalent to float + -ate.

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