Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flote

/fləʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flote
IPA: /fləʊt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of flite.

noun

Obsolete

verb

To fleet; to skim.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe, And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote Bound ſadly home for Naples, Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt, And his great perſon periſh."
"seald their Milk before they flote it"

Etymology

Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

Usage

Inflected Forms

flotes (plural) flotes (present, singular) floting (participle, present) floted (participle, past) floted (past)

Homonyms

float

Rhymes With

vote wrote note boat promote confidence vote quote remote coat solar boat throat goat

Questions

How do you pronounce flote?: The recorded pronunciation is /fləʊt/.
What does flote mean?: simple past of flite.
Where does flote come from?: Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

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