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Dictionary translations for "flotte"

la flotte f noun

pl. flottes

float [fləut] (flotteur)

Une pierre ne flotte pas.

A stone does not float.

fleet [fli:t] (aviation, transports, nom collectif)

rain [reɪn] (pluie)

water [ˈwɔ:tə] (eau)

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flotter verb Conjugation

flotte / flottai / flotté

float [fləut]

Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues.

Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves.

wave [weɪv] (drapeau)

Il flotte mais ne sombre pas.

It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink.

bob [bɔb] (onduler)

Phrases with "flotte" (3)

amiral de la flotte - admiral of the fleet
flotte de combat - battlefleet
course en flotte - fleet race

Contexts with "flotte"

Une pierre ne flotte pas. A stone does not float.

Christophe Colomb est connu comme tacticien de renom. Une fois, il a coulé une flotte pirate en leur volant tous leurs fruits et légumes, les condamnant ainsi au scorbut. A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.

Il flotte mais ne sombre pas. It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink.

Le bois flotte, mais le fer coule. Wood floats, but iron sinks.

Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.

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