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float noun

  /floʊt/ , /fləʊt/
  • A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
 flotteur
  • An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
 char
  • A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
 taloche

float verb

  /floʊt/ , /fləʊt/
  • (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
  • To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
  • (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
  • (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
  • (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
  • (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
  • (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
  • (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
 flotter

floating

flottage
floating island
île flottante, œufs à la neige
floating point
virgule flottante
floating market
marché flottant
floating-point number
float, flottant, nombre flottant
floating-point unit
unité de calcul en virgule flottante
free-floating planet
planète errante
free-floating
en flottement libre
floating pondweed
potamot nageant
floating-leaf pondweed
potamot nageant

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

free-floating
free-floating
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