flotter
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French flotter, from Old French floter (“to float”), from Frankish *flotōn (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), Old English flotian (“to float”), Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”). More at English float.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]flotter
- (intransitive) to float
- to flutter, to wave
- (informal) to mill about
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of flotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | flotter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flottant /flɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flotté /flɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flotte /flɔt/ |
flottes /flɔt/ |
flotte /flɔt/ |
flottons /flɔ.tɔ̃/ |
flottez /flɔ.te/ |
flottent /flɔt/ |
| imperfect | flottais /flɔ.tɛ/ |
flottais /flɔ.tɛ/ |
flottait /flɔ.tɛ/ |
flottions /flɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
flottiez /flɔ.tje/ |
flottaient /flɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | flottai /flɔ.te/ |
flottas /flɔ.ta/ |
flotta /flɔ.ta/ |
flottâmes /flɔ.tam/ |
flottâtes /flɔ.tat/ |
flottèrent /flɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | flotterai /flɔ.tʁe/ |
flotteras /flɔ.tʁa/ |
flottera /flɔ.tʁa/ |
flotterons /flɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
flotterez /flɔ.tʁe/ |
flotteront /flɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flotterais /flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
flotterais /flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
flotterait /flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
flotterions /flɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flotteriez /flɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
flotteraient /flɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flotte /flɔt/ |
flottes /flɔt/ |
flotte /flɔt/ |
flottions /flɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
flottiez /flɔ.tje/ |
flottent /flɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | flottasse /flɔ.tas/ |
flottasses /flɔ.tas/ |
flottât /flɔ.ta/ |
flottassions /flɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
flottassiez /flɔ.ta.sje/ |
flottassent /flɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flotte /flɔt/ |
— | flottons /flɔ.tɔ̃/ |
flottez /flɔ.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “flotter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]flotter
Adjective
[edit]flotter
- inflection of flott:
Luxembourgish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]flotter
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French floter.
Verb
[edit]flotter
- to float
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of flotter
| infinitive | simple | flotter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | flottant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flotté | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flotte | flottes | flotte | flottons | flottez | flottent |
| imperfect | flottois, flottoys | flottois, flottoys | flottoit, flottoyt | flottions, flottyons | flottiez, flottyez | flottoient, flottoyent | |
| past historic | flotta | flottas | flotta | flottasmes | flottastes | flotterent | |
| future | flotterai, flotteray | flotteras | flottera | flotterons | flotterez | flotteront | |
| conditional | flotterois, flotteroys | flotterois, flotteroys | flotteroit, flotteroyt | flotterions, flotteryons | flotteriez, flotteryez | flotteroient, flotteroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flotte | flottes | flotte | flottons | flottez | flottent |
| imperfect | flottasse | flottasses | flottast | flottassions | flottassiez | flottassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flotte | — | flottons | flottez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
[edit]- French: flotter
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