flete
Latin edit
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flēte
Participle edit
flēte
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English flēot (“fleet”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaz, related to *flutōną (“to float”).
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Noun edit
flete
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “flẹ̄te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old English flēot (“bay”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą.
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Noun edit
flete (plural fletis)
- A bay or gulf; an arm of the sea.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “flẹ̄te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English flēotan.
Verb edit
flete
- Alternative form of fleten
Old English edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
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flete
Pronunciation 2 edit
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flēte
- inflection of flēt:
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English flat. Doublet of chão.
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- Hyphenation: fle‧te
Noun edit
flete f (plural fletes)
- (Mozambique) flat (apartment)
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Etymology 2 edit
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flete
- inflection of fletir:
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Noun edit
flete m (plural fletes)
- freight, cargo
- 1907, Benito Pérez Galdós, “chapter 27”, in La de los tristes destinos:
- rescindió el contrato, devolviendo la cantidad entregada ya como primer plazo del flete.
- he rescinded the contract, returning the amount already given as the first installment of the freight.
- charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)
- Synonym: fletamento
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
flete
- inflection of fletar:
Further reading edit
- “flete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014