flottant
French, adjective/flɔ.tɑ̃/
flottant is spelled F-L-O-T-T-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flottant is a French adjective meaning “floating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of flotter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui flotte”.
What does flottant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
floating
- 2
vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive, variable
verb
- 1
present participle of flotter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui flotte. 2. Qui est ample, mobile, ondoyant. 3. Qui est incertain, irrésolu, variable. 4. Dont le potentiel par rapport à la terre n’est pas fixé.
noun: 1. Partie des titres d’une société cotée en bourse qui est considérée comme susceptible d’être présentée à tout moment à la vente sur le marché.
noun: 1. Nombre à virgule flottante.
noun: 1. Moitié d'un drapeau, pavillon qui flotte au vent et se trouve donc à l’opposé du guindant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flottant
- flottante feminine
- flottants masculine plural
- flottantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flottant?
- /flɔ.tɑ̃/
- \flɔ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flottant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flottant in French?
flottant appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).