flata

See also: fläta

Latin

Verb

flātā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of flātō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• flaten

Noun

flata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of flate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flata f

1. definite singular of flate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flatter.

Verb

a flata (third-person singular present flatează, past participle flatat) 1st conj.

1. to flatter

Conjugation

    conjugation of flata (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a flata
gerund			flatând
past participle			flatat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	flatez	flatezi	flatează	flatăm	flatați	flatează
	imperfect	flatam	flatai	flata	flatam	flatați	flatau
	simple perfect	flatai	flatași	flată	flatarăm	flatarăți	flatară
	pluperfect	flatasem	flataseși	flatase	flataserăm	flataserăți	flataseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să flatez	să flatezi	să flateze	să flatăm	să flatați	să flateze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		flatează			flatați
	negative		nu flata			nu flatați

Swedish

Etymology

Recorded since at least the 1960s, where it occurs in Haldo Gibson's slang dictionary. Probably derived from flat (“flat”), alluding to an unwomanly body shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑːˌta/

Adjective

flata

1. inflection of flat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

flata c

1. (colloquial) a female homosexual, a lesbo, a dyke

   Synonyms: lesbisk, (possibly offensive) lebb, homosexuell, gay

2. a flat side (of something), a flat

   Synonym: (side) flatsida

   1. a palm (of the hand)

      Synonym: handflata

Usage notes

Flata has previously been a highly offensive slur towards homosexual women, but has been used by the gay rights movement as a self-descriptive term in order to reclaim and destigmatize it. See also bög.

Declension

Declension of flata
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flata	flatan	flator	flatorna
Genitive	flatas	flatans	flators	flatornas

Derived terms

• flatsex
• handflata (“palm”)

References

• flata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)