Float in Different Languages
Discover 'Float' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Float
Afrikaans dryf | ||
Albanian noton | ||
Amharic ተንሳፋፊ | ||
Arabic تطفو | ||
Armenian բոց | ||
Assamese উপঙি থকা | ||
Aymara qaquña | ||
Azerbaijani sal | ||
Bambara filotɛri | ||
Basque karroza | ||
Belarusian паплавок | ||
Bengali ভাসা | ||
Bhojpuri डोंगा | ||
Bosnian plutati | ||
Bulgarian плувка | ||
Catalan flotar | ||
Cebuano naglutaw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 浮动 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 浮動 | ||
Corsican flottà | ||
Croatian plutati | ||
Czech plovák | ||
Danish flyde | ||
Dhivehi ބީއްސުން | ||
Dogri तरना | ||
Dutch vlotter | ||
English float | ||
Esperanto flosi | ||
Estonian ujuk | ||
Ewe nɔ tsi dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lumutang | ||
Finnish kellua | ||
French flotte | ||
Frisian driuwe | ||
Galician flotar | ||
Georgian ათწილადი | ||
German schweben | ||
Greek φλοτέρ | ||
Guarani ombovevúiva | ||
Gujarati ફ્લોટ | ||
Haitian Creole flote | ||
Hausa shawagi | ||
Hawaiian lana | ||
Hebrew לָצוּף | ||
Hindi नाव | ||
Hmong ntab | ||
Hungarian úszó | ||
Icelandic fljóta | ||
Igbo ise n'elu | ||
Ilocano lumtaw | ||
Indonesian mengapung | ||
Irish snámhphointe | ||
Italian galleggiante | ||
Japanese 浮く | ||
Javanese ngambang | ||
Kannada ಫ್ಲೋಟ್ | ||
Kazakh жүзу | ||
Khmer អណ្តែត | ||
Kinyarwanda kureremba | ||
Konkani उफेवप | ||
Korean 흙손 | ||
Krio pantap | ||
Kurdish avbazîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سەرئاو کەوتن | ||
Kyrgyz калкуу | ||
Lao ທີ່ເລື່ອນໄດ້ | ||
Latin supernatet | ||
Latvian peldēt | ||
Lingala kotepa | ||
Lithuanian plūdė | ||
Luganda okuseeyeeya | ||
Luxembourgish schwammen | ||
Macedonian плови | ||
Maithili तैरनाइ | ||
Malagasy float | ||
Malay terapung | ||
Malayalam ഫ്ലോട്ട് | ||
Maltese galleġġjant | ||
Maori mānu | ||
Marathi तरंगणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯥꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo lang | ||
Mongolian хөвөх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရေပေါ် | ||
Nepali फ्लोट | ||
Norwegian flyte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuyandama | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭାସମାନ | | ||
Oromo bololi'uu | ||
Pashto فلوټ | ||
Persian شناور | ||
Polish pływak | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) flutuador | ||
Punjabi ਫਲੋਟ | ||
Quechua tuytuy | ||
Romanian pluti | ||
Russian плавать | ||
Samoan opeopea | ||
Sanskrit तारण | ||
Scots Gaelic fleòdradh | ||
Sepedi phaphama | ||
Serbian пловак | ||
Sesotho phaphamala | ||
Shona kuyangarara | ||
Sindhi فلوٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පාවෙන්න | ||
Slovak plavák | ||
Slovenian float | ||
Somali sabayn | ||
Spanish flotador | ||
Sundanese kumalayang | ||
Swahili kuelea | ||
Swedish flyta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lumutang | ||
Tajik шино кардан | ||
Tamil மிதவை | ||
Tatar йөзү | ||
Telugu ఫ్లోట్ | ||
Thai ลอย | ||
Tigrinya ምንስፋፍ | ||
Tsonga phaphamala | ||
Turkish yüzer | ||
Turkmen ýüzmek | ||
Twi (Akan) da nsuo ani | ||
Ukrainian плавати | ||
Urdu تیرنا | ||
Uyghur float | ||
Uzbek suzmoq | ||
Vietnamese phao nổi | ||
Welsh arnofio | ||
Xhosa ukudada | ||
Yiddish לאָזנ שווימען | ||
Yoruba leefofo loju omi | ||
Zulu ukuntanta |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "dryf" is of Dutch origin and also means "drift" or "stray". |
| Albanian | The word "noton" has the alternate meaning of "float" and is related to the Greek word "noteia" (floating). |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word 'ተንሳፋፊ' means 'float' but it is also the present participle of the verb 'to be spread out'. |
| Arabic | The word "تطفو" comes from the root "طفو" which means "climbing or rising to the surface"} |
| Armenian | "Բոց" (float) derives from the Middle Persian word "bwdhg" meaning "to sink in water". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "sal" can also refer to a raft or watercraft |
| Basque | The word "karroza" is derived from the French word "carrosse" (carriage), which itself comes from the Italian word "carrozza" (a type of horse-drawn cart). |
| Belarusian | The word "паплавок" can also refer to a type of dumpling in Belarusian cuisine. |
| Bengali | The word "ভাসা" can also mean "to drift" or "to be suspended in a fluid". |
| Bosnian | The word "plutati" can also refer to the act of floating in water or the state of being afloat. |
| Bulgarian | "Плувка" means both "float" and "bladder."} |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "flotar" can also mean "to hesitate" or "to be uncertain". |
| Cebuano | Cebuano "naglutaw," originally meaning "swallowed," came to mean "float" due to the similarity in the action of an object suspended in water to that of a swallow opening its mouth. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 浮动在中文中还有“无定价、波动”等含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The term "浮動" in Chinese can also refer to "floating point" in math or "fluctuation" in economics. |
| Corsican | The word "flottà" can also mean "fleet" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | In Serbian and Croatian, the word "ploviti" (similar to "plutati") can also mean "to sail". |
| Czech | In the context of electrical engineering, "plovák" also refers to a type of rheostat or potentiometer slide contact that moves along a resistance wire. |
| Danish | The word "flyde" can also mean "to flow". |
| Dutch | "Vlotter" can also refer to a small raft or the part of a toilet that controls the water level. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "flosi" comes from French "flotter" and originally meant "to be buoyed up" before later taking on its current meaning of "to float." |
| Estonian | The word "ujuk" is also used in Estonian to refer to a ferry or raft. |
| Finnish | "Kellua" is the Finnish word for "float", derived from the Proto-Finno-Ugric word *kel(l)e-, meaning "to swim". |
| French | "Flotte" can also mean "fleet" or "wave" in French. |
| Frisian | Driuwe is the past tense of the verb drift, also related to the German word treiben. |
| Galician | The Galician word "flotar" comes from the Latin word "fluctuare" and can also mean "to fluctuate" or "to waver". |
| German | "Schweben" is derived from the Middle High German "sweben," meaning "to roam" or "to be in limbo." |
| Greek | Φλοτέρ comes from φλοτερός "pertaining to tree bark" (a type of boat was constructed using bark), from φλόιος "bark of tree" (from the Indo-European root *phel- "bark"). |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, 'float' is also a synonym for 'floatation' or 'flotation therapy'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "flote" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "flotte" and can also mean "crowd" or "group". |
| Hausa | The word 'shawagi' also translates to a 'raft' in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The etymology of 'lana' in Hawaiian may derive from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root *qaN(a), which also occurs in Tagalog, Old Javanese, and Malay, indicating that 'lana' and 'qanaqan' in the Philippines are cognate. |
| Hebrew | "לָצוּף" is a biblical Hebrew word with two meanings, the other one being "to be covered with scales" |
| Hindi | The word 'नाव' (float) in Hindi derives from the Sanskrit word 'नावः' (boat), implying its primary function as a means of transportation on water. |
| Hmong | "Ntab" can also mean "to rest" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Hungarian "úszó" can also mean animal "otter". |
| Icelandic | In addition to meaning "to float," the word "fljóta" can be used metaphorically in Icelandic to describe something that is going quickly or smoothly. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, the word "ise n'elu" may also refer to staying out late at night or spending long hours away from home. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "mengapung" can also refer to the act of floating in the air or hovering. |
| Irish | "Snámh" in "snámhphointe" means "swim" which is related to another meaning of "float" of staying afloat in water. |
| Italian | "galleggiante" derives from the verb "galleggiare" which comes from the Latin word "gallicāre" (to crow), perhaps due to the resemblance of a floating object to a rooster's crest. |
| Japanese | The word 浮く (うく) can also mean to be separated or isolated. |
| Javanese | The word "ngambang" also means "to think or speculate" in certain contexts. |
| Kannada | The word "float" in Kannada can also mean "a small boat for fishing or recreation" or "a raft made of logs or bamboo. |
| Kazakh | "Жүзу" in Kazakh can also refer to swimming or the surface of a liquid. |
| Khmer | The word "អណ្តែត" in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्लवन" (plavana), which means "floating". |
| Korean | The word “흙손” can also refer to a person who is extremely clumsy or who frequently makes mistakes, due to the connotation of “dropping” or “letting fall” that is associated with the word “손” (hand). |
| Kurdish | Avbazîn in Kurdish comes from the Persian word âb-bâzîn, meaning "playing with water". |
| Kyrgyz | "Калькуу" also refers to "raft" and "rafting" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'supernatet' can also refer to being above or superior to something. |
| Latvian | The word "peldēt" is also used to describe the process of shedding or shedding hair. |
| Lithuanian | The word "plūdė" also has the alternate meaning of "to bob" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'Schwammen' is derived from the Middle High German word 'swammen' which meant 'to swim' or 'to float'. |
| Macedonian | The word "плови" can also be used to describe something that is not attached or fixed in place. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "float" can also mean "to be light" or "to be airy." |
| Malay | In Indonesian, 'terapung' can also refer to a temporary or unstable state, such as a ship bobbing on the water. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "ഫ്ലോട്ട്" (float) also refers to a type of fishing net used in shallow waters. |
| Maltese | It ultimately derives from Italian "galleggiante" via Catalan "gallejar" (to be afloat). |
| Maori | The Maori word "mānu" also refers to a type of wooden canoe for transporting goods or people across water. |
| Marathi | "तरंगणे" means "to float" but also means "to be on the edge". When used with "धनावर" ("money"), it means to be in financial crisis. |
| Mongolian | The word "хөвөх" in Mongolian can also refer to the process of being carried away by water or to the feeling of being suspended in space. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ရေပေါ် is also used to refer to someone or something that is easily influenced or manipulated. |
| Nepali | The word "float" can also refer to a device used for controlling the level of a liquid in a tank or reservoir. |
| Norwegian | "Flyte" in Norwegian can also mean "to move gracefully or lightly". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuyandama" originates from the verb "kuyanda" meaning "to swim" or "to stay on top of water", thus "kuyandama" describes the state or action of floating on water. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "فلوټ" (float) is borrowed from English and also means "to be at leisure". |
| Persian | شناور (Shenavar) is derived from the Persian word "shena" meaning "to swim" and the suffix "-var" meaning "doer or performer of an action", hence "one who swims or floats". |
| Polish | "Pływak" not only has the obvious meaning, but it also means "a swimmer" (in a swimming pool), "a buoy" and "the float of a fishing rod". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portugal, the word "flutuador" also refers to a type of float used in fishing, consisting of a cork or plastic ball attached to a fishing line. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਫਲੋਟ" (float) originates from the English word "float", which can also refer to a type of parade featuring floats, or to being suspended in a liquid |
| Romanian | The word "pluti" in Romanian derives from the Latin word "pluere", meaning "to rain". |
| Russian | Плавать comes from прати; it can mean: swim, sail, navigate, hover, waft, glide, soar and more. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "opeopea" also means "to open" or "to spread out" |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "fleòdradh" in Scots Gaelic may also refer to a float valve used in plumbing. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "пловак" also means "swimmer" and "plug". |
| Sesotho | The word "phaphamala" also means "to swing". |
| Shona | Shona word for “float,” "kuyangarara," also means to "stretch out one's body" or "rest". |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "فلوٽ" originates from English "float" and may also refer to a type of boat. |
| Slovak | The word "plavák" can also refer to a type of fishing lure or a part of a watercraft. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "float" can refer to a fishing bobber or a type of glass candy, known as "cukrčki". |
| Somali | The Somali word "sabayn" can also refer to a type of traditional Somali dance performed by women. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "flotador" comes from the Latin "fluctuator," meaning "one that fluctuates" or "floats." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kumalayang" can also mean "to hover in the air" or "to be suspended in liquid". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "kuelea" refers to both floating and having no permanent home. |
| Swedish | The word "flyta" is derived from the Old Norse word "flyta" meaning "to flow" or "to swim", and is related to the English word "float". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The origin of the word "lumutang" is from the Proto-Austronesian term "lumut" meaning "to emerge". |
| Tajik | The word "шино кардан" can also refer to a type of water wheel used to irrigate fields. |
| Tamil | Its alternate meaning is "to roam". |
| Telugu | The word "ఫ్లోట్" (float) can also refer to a type of fishing lure or a decorative item that floats on water. |
| Thai | ลอย may also mean 'to rise', 'to be outstanding', or 'to be exempt from liability'. |
| Turkish | "Yüzer" also means "swimmer" or "one who swims" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Плавати" also means "to swim" and comes from the same Proto-Slavic root as the English word "ply" as in "apply oneself diligently to some activity". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word تیرنا ('float') derives from the Persian word "tirna", where it means "swimming". |
| Uzbek | Suzmoq may also refer to a type of bread in Uzbek cuisine. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese phrase “phao nổi” is a homonym with two distinct meanings and etymologies: “life preserver” and “buoy.” |
| Welsh | The word 'arnofio' is closely related to the Welsh word 'arnof', meaning 'vessel' or 'container'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ukudada" comes from the Proto-Bantu verb "-dada", meaning "to float" or "to swim on the surface." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לאָזנ שווימען" ("loatn shvimn") also means "to eavesdrop" or "to listen attentively". |
| Yoruba | The word "leefofo" also means a person who floats on water without sinking. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'ukuntanta' can also refer to the process of floating a loan or other financial instrument. |
| English | "Float" can also mean "to hover or drift on the surface of a liquid" or "to be suspended in the air or water with no apparent support." |