flet

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See also: FLET, flét, and flēt

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English flet (floor of a house; house), from Old English flet, flett (the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat, broad). Cognate with Dutch vlet (flat-bottomed vessel, dory), Low German Flet (an upper bedroom), German Fletz, Flötz (level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches). More at flat.

Noun

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flet (plural flets)

  1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
  2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home.

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Albanian

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Verb

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flet

  1. second-person singular present indicative of flas
  2. third-person singular present indicative of flas

Danish

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Verb

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flet

  1. imperative of flette

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch vlete.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɛ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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flet m (plural flets)

  1. flounder (fish)

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flatją.

Noun

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flet n (genitive singular flets, nominative plural flet)

  1. bunk
    Synonym: koja

Declension

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    Declension of flet
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flet fletið flet fletin
accusative flet fletið flet fletin
dative fleti fletinu fletum fletunum
genitive flets fletsins fleta fletanna

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Latin

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Verb

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flet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English flet, flett (floor, ground; dwelling, house), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (floor), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (flat).

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Noun

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flet (plural flets)

  1. the floor, ground
  2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall
    Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400
  3. A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield
    Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380
Descendants
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  • English: flet
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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flet

  1. Alternative form of flete (fleet)

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *flatją (floor), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (flat). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (dwelling, house).

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Noun

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flet n (nominative plural flet)

  1. the floor, ground
    • Heó on flet gecrongShe sank to the ground.
  2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall
    • Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe.If the house be stained with blood.
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautiz.

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flēt f (nominative plural flēta)

  1. Alternative form of flīete
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flatją. Related to flatr.

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flet n

  1. the raised flooring along the side walls of a hall (to sit or lie on) together with the benches thereon

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References

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  • flet”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
flety

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German floit, flöute, vloite, from Old French fleute, from Old Occitan flaut.

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Noun

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flet m inan (diminutive flecik)

  1. flute (woodwind instrument)
  2. recorder (musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute)
    Synonym: flet prosty
  3. (historical) narrow and tall winecup

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Derived terms

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adjective
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Further reading

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  • flet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • flet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch flit, a genericized use of the brand name FLIT.

Noun

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flet

  1. liquid insecticide
  2. spray gun

Verb

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flet

  1. to spray

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English flat.

Noun

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flet

  1. flat; apartment