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語源

From 古期英語 flēotan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfleːtən/

動詞

fleten

1. To go or change position; to experience movement:
   1. To float; to stay buoyant on the surface of a liquid.
   2. To move or propel oneself in or on the water; to swim.
   3. To move on a vessel or raft across water; to be conveyed over a liquid.
   4. To stream or flow; to move smoothly as a liquid or fluid.
   5. (Late Middle English) To spread or propel throughout the air.
   6. (rare) To drag on the ground (used of clothing)
   7. (rare) To fly; to move across the sky.
2. To wander around; to have no direction or consistency.
3. To be ephemeral, fleeting, or temporary; to lack permanence.
4. (Late Middle English) To remove scum or cream from a fluid.
5. (rare) To have something in great or excessive quantity
6. (rare) To lack restraint in speech; to describe excessively.

使用する際の注意点

Strong forms are mainly found in Early Middle English.

Conjugation

関連する語

• flete (all ME senses)

派生した語

• English: fleet
• Scots: fleet

参照

• “flẹ̄ten, v.(1)).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 October 2018.
• “flẹ̄ten, v.(2)).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 October 2018.