"fleet" in seven languages
Meaningfleet
Spanish
flota
/ˈflota/
fem.borrowed · French flotte
French
flotte
/flɔt/
fem.borrowed · Old Norse floti
Slang for water or rain: il tombe de la flotte.
Italian
flotta
/ˈflɔtta/
fem.borrowed · French flotte
Portuguese
frota
/ˈfɾɔtɐ/
fem.borrowed · Old French flote
Romanian
flotă
/ˈflotə/
fem.borrowed · French flotte
Catalan
flota
/ˈflɔtə/
fem.borrowed · French flotte
English
fleet
/flit/
native English · Old English flēot 'ship'
A Germanic relative of the Norse source, and of float.
English → ItalianfleetflottaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: float, flotilla.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Old Norse floti‘raft; fleet’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French took flotte from Old Norse floti, and the word sailed on into Spanish and Italian. English fleet is a native Germanic relative.
English relatives: float, flotilla
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In a sentence
- esLa empresa tiene una flota de camiones.
- frL'entreprise possède une flotte de camions.
- itL'azienda ha una flotta di camion.
- ptA empresa tem uma frota de caminhões.
- roFirma are o flotă de camioane.
- caL'empresa té una flota de camions.
- enThe company has a fleet of trucks.