Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Flotte
, 🇪🇸 flota
, 🇮🇹 flotta
, 🇵🇹 frota
, 🇨🇳 舰队
, 🇯🇵 艦隊
, 🇰🇷 함대
, 🇸🇦 سفن
, 🇮🇳 नौसेना
Usage Examples
- La flotte de la Marine nationale a traversé l'Atlantique.
- Les pêcheurs ont vu une flotte de sardines se diriger vers la côte.
- La flotte de taxis de Paris est toujours en pleine activité.
Etymology
The French noun **flotte** (“fleet of ships”) comes from Latin *flotta*, the plural of *flota* “boat, ship”, which in turn derives from *fluctus* “wave, current” (from *fluo* “to flow”). The term entered Old French as *flote* and has retained the sense of a group of vessels, evolving into the modern spelling *flotte*.
Synonyms
flot
armée navale
armada
flotte de navires
vaisseaux
embarcations
flotte routière
Antonyms
navire
vaisseau
véhicule
individu
unité
