English

Alternative forms

• flette (obsolete)

Noun

flet ‎(plural flets)

1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home.

Danish

Verb

flet

1. imperative of flette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛ/

Noun

flet m ‎(plural flets)

1. flounder (fish)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flet/, [fɫɛt]

Verb

flet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English flet, flett ‎(“floor, ground; dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją ‎(“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz ‎(“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- ‎(“flat”).

Noun

flet (plural flets)

1. the floor, ground

   Cliued mi saule to þi flet. — Northern Verse Psalter, 1400

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400

3. A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield

   Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380

Descendants

• English flat

References

• Middle English Dictionary, flet

Old English

Alternative forms

• fled, flett

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *flatją ‎(“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz ‎(“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- ‎(“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette ‎(“dwelling, house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flet/

Noun

flet n ‎(nominative plural flet)

1. the floor, ground

   Heó on flet gecrong — She sank to the ground.

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe. — If the house be stained with blood.

Declension

Derived terms

• fletræst f. — couch
• fletsittend m. — sitter in hall, courtier, guest.
• fletwerod n. — hall-troop, body-guard

Descendants

• Middle English: flet
  • English flat

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Germanic *flutōną ‎(“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- ‎(“to float, swim, fly”); compare Danish fløde ‎(“cream”), Icelandic fleytið ‎(“skimming”), Norwegian fløte ‎(“cream”)

Alternative forms

• flete, fliet, flyte

Noun

flēt f ‎(nominative plural flēta)

1. cream, skimming, curds

   Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. — Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", flet et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), flet.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɛt]

Noun

flet m inan

1. flute (woodwind instrument)

Declension