flotte
French, noun
flotte is spelled F-L-O-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flotte is a French feminine noun meaning “fleet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of flotter. With an accent, flotté is a different word: “past participle of flotter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de navires, marine”.
What does flotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefleet
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininewater
La carte est tombée dans la flotte.
- 2
colloquialfemininerain
Et allez! Encore de la flotte toute cette semaine!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of flotter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de navires, marine. 2. Ensemble des bâtiments militaires ou marchands d’un État. 3. Ensemble des appareils de navigation aérienne. 4. Parc de véhicules terrestres, ensemble de véhicules à disposition d’une organisation.
noun: 1. Grand nombre, abondance.
noun: 1. Eau. 2. Pluie.
adjective: 1. Qualifiait le bois qu’on faisait descendre sur un courant, sans bateau, par train, par radeau, ou à bois perdu. 2. Se dit d’une rivière, une étendue d’eau qui est représentée ridée.
noun: 1. Partie de fil non liée d'une étoffe.
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 flotte
- flottes plural
- flottée feminine
- flottés masculine plural
- flottées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to flotte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flotte in French?
flotte appears 19 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).