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Webster 1913 Edition


Flotant

Flo′tant

,
Adj.
[OF.
flotant
, F.
flottant
, p. pr. of
flotter
to float.]
(Her.)
Represented as flying or streaming in the air;
as, a banner
flotant
.

Definition 2024


flotant

flotant

English

Adjective

flotant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Represented as flying or streaming in the air.
    a banner flotant


Old French

Verb

flotant

  1. present participle of floter

Adjective

flotant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular flotant or flotante)

  1. floating; that floats

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (flotant, supplement)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French flottant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /floˈtant/

Adjective

flotant m, n (feminine singular flotantă, masculine plural flotanți, feminine and neuter plural flotante)

  1. floating

Declension

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