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float en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/floʊt/ (Canada, General-American)
audio Queensland
/fləʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(California) audio
/fləʉt/ (Australia)
/flɐʉt/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Compare flow, fleet.

Meanings

(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- Helium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.
(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.
- The oil floated on the vinegar.
- The boat floated on the water.
(transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- to float a boat
(intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- Oil floats on vinegar.
- That boat doesn't float.
(intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- I’d love to just float downstream.
(intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- Images from my childhood floated through my mind.
- I’m not sure where they went... they're floating around here somewhere.
(intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- The balloon floated off into the distance.
(transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- Over the tree-tops I float thee a song, / Over the rising and sinking waves, over the myriad fields and the prairies wide, / Over the dense-pack’d cities all and the teeming wharves and ways, / I float this carol with joy, with joy to thee O death. 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
(intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.
(figuratively, intransitive) To circulate.
- There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant.
(intransitive) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
(colloquial, intransitive) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- That's a daft idea... it'll never float.
(transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- I floated the idea of free ice cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.
- Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, also floated the idea of turning Canada into a U.S. state, said he would demand far higher defense spending from NATO allies and promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. 2025 January 8, Steve Holland, Joseph Ax, “Trump won't rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland”, in USA Today, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN, →OCLC, Nation & World, page 1NN, columns 3–4:
(intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
(intransitive) To not be tied to a reference. ▸ (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- The yen floats against the dollar.
(transitive) To not be tied to a reference. ▸ To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- The government floated the pound in January.
- Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency.
(intransitive) To not be tied to a reference. ▸ To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
(colloquial, transitive) To extend a short-term loan to.
- Could you float me $50 until payday?
(transitive) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- He [Mario Moretti Polegato] floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors. 2005 June 21, Dewi Cooke, The Age:
- "Peg out a claim wherever you like and we will float it," was the substance of many a code of instructions sent by unprincipled men in the mining world of the colonies to the gold prospectors in Port Darwin. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 210:
- 2011, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, footnote i, page 269, As a result of this reverse acquisition, Hurlingham changed its name to Manroy plc and floated shares on the Alternative Investment Market in London.
(transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- This wire, nailed over the face of the old plaster will also reinforce any loose lath or plaster after the walls have set. Float the wall to the face of the lath first. 1932, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer, volumes 35-37, page 35:
(transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- It is time to float this horse's teeth.
(transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
To perform a float.
(transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins. 2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies, page 290:
(transitive) 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
- You can't just close the drawer, log in to the till and start serving customers, telling them you're only taking card payments and that they should gonto another till if they're paying in cash. The till needs to be floated first, so ask the manager on the headset if you can use it and she'll float it and let you know when you can start serving.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
floated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
floated	Tense=Past	lexicographic
floats	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
floating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Deriveds

upfloat · firefloat · floatant · floatsome · floater · refloat · floatovoltaics · armfloat · floatovoltaic · float at · floatie · nonfloated · float on air · flotel · outfloat · float around · my back teeth are floating · floaty · free-floating · floatmaker · float with the stream · floatboard · floatstone · flutter · floatable · defloat · floatel · float someone's boat · floatless · my teeth are floating · flotation · afloat · float like a butterfly · floatline · overfloat · flotate · floatability · floatstick · whatever floats your boat

Synonyms

swim · stream · ride · stream · ride

Translations (234)

nl drijven (to be supported by a liquid) · sh plutati (to be supported by a liquid) · bn ভাসানো (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · la fluitō (to be supported by a liquid) · nl voorstellen (to propose for consideration) · nl zweven (to drift gently through the air) · ru пла́вать (to be supported by a liquid) · yi שוועבן (to drift gently through the air) · mi tauhōkai (to drift gently through the air) · ar طَفَا (to be capable of floating) · bg нося се (to drift gently through the air) · ota یوزمك (to be supported by a liquid) · ja 漂流する (to drift aimlessly) · be плыць (to be supported by a liquid) · sv sväva (to drift gently through the air) · sh lebdjeti (to drift gently through the air) · de vorschlagen (to propose for consideration) · ja 浮く (to be supported by a liquid) · hu lebeg (to be capable of floating) · be папла́ваць (to be supported by a liquid) · as ভাহ (to be supported by a liquid) · nn sigla (to drift gently through the air) · eo flosi (to be supported by a liquid) · hu kibocsát (to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange) · fi raspata (to use a float upon) · de schweben (to move in a fluid manner) · mi whakatairangi (to drift aimlessly) · chr ᎧᏄᎲᏗᎭ (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · lt plūduriuoti (to be capable of floating) · de schwimmen (to be supported by a liquid) · sv flyta (to be supported by a liquid) · mi rewa (to be supported by a liquid) · nrf fliotter (to move in a fluid manner) · nl meedrijven (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · ja 漂う (to drift aimlessly) · es flotar (to be capable of floating) · de borgen (colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to) · fi leijua (to drift gently through the air) · ta மித (to be supported by a liquid) · lt plaukti (to be capable of floating) · ms ambang (to drift gently through the air) · fi kellua (to be supported by a liquid) · fi laskea vesille (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · fi kellua (of currencies, to have an exchange value determined by the market) · ja 漂う (to be supported by a liquid) · fi levittää lastalla (to spread plaster using float) · es flotar (to be supported by a fluid) · es sobrenadar (to be supported by a liquid) · es flotar (to drift gently through the air) · fi leijailla (to drift gently through the air) · be паплы́ць (to be supported by a liquid) · de treiben (to be supported by a liquid) · sh ploviti (to move in a fluid manner) · fa شناوری (to be supported by a fluid) · nrf fliotter (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · my မျော (to be supported by a liquid) · id apung (to be supported by a liquid) · ru всплыть (to be supported by a liquid) · fr flotter (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · fi kelluttaa (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · pt flutuar (to drift gently through the air) · pt pairar (to drift gently through the air) · hu úszik (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · uk плавати, плисти (to be supported by a liquid) · pl unieść się (to be supported by a liquid) · kea boiá (to be supported by a liquid) · nn sveva (to drift gently through the air) · id mengapung (to be capable of floating) · hu úszik (to be supported by a liquid) · hu lebeg (to move in a fluid manner) · hu forgalomba hoz (to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange) · te తేలు (to be supported by a liquid) · as ওপং (to be supported by a liquid) · nl vloeien (to automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change) · sh odplutati (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · cmn 漂浮 (to be supported by a liquid) · nl vloeien (to move in a fluid manner) · ne तैरिनु (to be supported by a liquid) · hu felszínen tart (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · mi kōrewarewa (to be supported by a liquid) · mi mānu (to be supported by a liquid) · hu fennmarad (to be supported by a liquid) · fi vipata (colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to) · bg пла́вам (to be supported by a liquid) · de schweben (to drift gently through the air) · sw -elea (to be supported by a liquid) · ja 飛ぶ (to drift gently through the air) · hu lebeg (to be supported by a liquid) · hu kölcsönad (colloquial: to extend a short-term loan to) · es flotar (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · he צָף (to be supported by a liquid) · vi trôi (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · vi nổi (to be supported by a liquid) · de gleiten (to drift gently through the air) · fr flotter (to be supported by a liquid) · su ambang (to be supported by a liquid) · fi uittaa (to transport by float) · es flotar (to move in a fluid manner) · ja 浮遊 (to drift gently through the air) · vi nổi (to be capable of floating) · dsb pławiś (to be supported by a liquid) · bn ভাসা (to be capable of floating) · sh letjeti (to drift gently through the air) · fi keijua (to be supported by a fluid) · ru всплывать (to be supported by a liquid) · fi liihottaa (to move in a fluid manner) · nl drijven (to be capable of floating) · vo flotön (to be supported by a liquid) · yue 浮 (to be supported by a liquid) · chr ᎧᏄᎯ (to be supported by a liquid) · fr flotter (to drift gently through the air) · ttj -seereera (to be supported by a liquid) · sh tumarati (to drift aimlessly) · gl flotar (to be supported by a liquid) · qu tuytuy (to be supported by a liquid) · be пла́ваць (to be supported by a liquid) · enm fleten (to be supported by a liquid) · cmn 浮 (to be supported by a liquid) · gl aboiar (to be supported by a liquid) · bn ভাসা (to be supported by a liquid) · pt boiar (to be capable of floating) · kea boia (to be supported by a liquid) · ms امبڠ (to drift gently through the air) · fr flotter (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · sh motati se (to drift aimlessly) · cmn 懸浮 /悬浮 (to drift gently through the air) · mi rewarewa (to be supported by a liquid) · de schwimmen (to be capable of floating) · sh muvati se (to drift aimlessly) · fi kelluttaa (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · sv flyta (to be capable of floating) · uk трима́тися на воді́ (to be capable of floating) · fi ajelehtia (to drift aimlessly) · yi שווימען (to be supported by a liquid) · sh predložiti (to propose for consideration) · lt plaukti (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · lt tekėti (to move in a fluid manner) · fi leijua (to be supported by a fluid) · sh besciljno se kretati (to drift aimlessly) · ttj -seereera (to be supported by a fluid) · mi tākawe (to drift gently through the air) · ru плыть (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · sh plutati (to be capable of floating) · nl te water laten (to propose for consideration) · es correr (to propose for consideration) · ms terapung (to be supported by a liquid) · fi pysyä pinnalla (to be capable of floating) · fr flotter (to move in a fluid manner) · ja 浮く (to be capable of floating) · pt flutuar (to be capable of floating) · hi तैरना (to be supported by a liquid) · fi liukua (to move in a fluid manner) · ru пари́ть (to drift gently through the air) · hu lebeg (to drift gently through the air) · sv flyta (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · fi lipua (to move in a fluid manner) · nrf fliotter (to drift gently through the air) · pt flutuar (to be supported by a liquid) · fi kantaa (colloquial: of an idea, to be viable) · hu lebegtet (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · mi paho (to drift aimlessly) · sv sväva (to move in a fluid manner) · rm flottar (to be supported by a liquid) · hu felszínen marad (to be supported by a liquid) · de treiben (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · enm swymmen (to be supported by a liquid) · ceb lutaw (to be supported by a liquid) · la volito (to drift gently through the air) · hi तैरना (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · fr flotter (to be capable of floating) · es flotar (to be supported by a liquid) · enm floten (to be supported by a liquid) · fi heittää (to propose for consideration) · qu wamp'uy (to be supported by a liquid) · sh odletjeti (to drift gently through the air) · nrf fliotter (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · mfe flote (to be supported by a liquid) · es flotar (to propose for consideration) · nrf fliotter (to be supported by a liquid) · hsb płuwać (to be supported by a liquid) · pl unosić się (to be supported by a liquid) · fi viedä pörssiin (to issue or sell shares to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange) · fi lipua (to drift aimlessly) · hu sodródik (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · cs plavat (to be supported by a liquid) · mi whakamāpuna (to be supported by a liquid) · hu javasol (to propose for consideration) · as উট (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · hu siklik (to move in a fluid manner) · sh baciti (to propose for consideration) · hu úszik (to be capable of floating) · ja 浮く (to drift gently through the air) · zea drieve (to be supported by a liquid) · sh ploviti (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · fi leijua (aviation: to remain airborne for an excessive length of time during landing) · ja 浮かぶ (to be supported by a liquid) · ja 浮かぶ (to propose for consideration) · ru держа́ться на воде́ (to be capable of floating) · ang flēotan (to be supported by a liquid) · fi ajelehtia (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · war lu-taw (to be supported by a liquid) · hu felvet (to propose for consideration) · ca flotar (to be supported by a liquid) · ja 浮かべる (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · pon pei (to be supported by a liquid) · pt boiar (to be supported by a liquid) · ar طَفَا (to be supported by a liquid) · su ngambang (to be capable of floating) · hu úsztat (to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density) · ja 超える (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · bg държа се на повърхността (to be capable of floating) · fi kellua (to be supported by a fluid) · fi keijua (to be supported by a liquid) · mi pōrena (to be supported by a liquid) · fi floatata (poker: to perform a float) · ja 浮かぶ (to be capable of floating) · de schweben (to be supported by a liquid) · de gleiten (to move in a fluid manner) · fi laskea kellumaan (to allow the price of a currency to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule) · fi kellua (to be capable of floating) · sv driva omkring (to drift aimlessly) · lt plūduriuoti (to be supported by a liquid) · ru дре́йфовать (to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating) · es plantear (to propose for consideration) · ru плыть (to drift gently through the air) · ro pluti (to be supported by a liquid) · it galleggiare (to be supported by a liquid) · km អន្ដែត (to be supported by a liquid) · fi kiertää (to circulate) · nrf fliotter (to be capable of floating) · lt plaukti (to be supported by a liquid) · ar عَامَ (to be supported by a liquid) · et hõljuma (to be supported by a liquid) · cs plout (to be supported by a liquid)

float en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/floʊt/ (Canada, General-American)
audio Queensland
/fləʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(California) audio
/fləʉt/ (Australia)
/flɐʉt/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English flote, from Old English flota (“sailor, boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotō, from Proto-Germanic *flutô, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-.

Meanings

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.
- 'What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. 'Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.' 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40:
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
A float board.
A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float.
An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- That float covered in roses is very pretty.
A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
(UK) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- As soon as the skies brightened and plum-blossom was out, Paul drove off in the milkman's heavy float up to Willey Farm. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 7, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit.
(Australia, qualifier:and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a float when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. 2006, “Buying shares in a float”, in Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2005:
The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.
Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- We make a lot of interest from our nightly float.
A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats. 2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing, page 214:
- That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float.
A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice cream to be a "real" float.
A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- I knew that a simple float on the surface of the Merino might catch if I made it big enough to show very much. 1990, Sharon Alderman, A Handweaver's Notebook, →ISBN, page 82:
- The appearance of a waffle fabric changes drastically with washing. Yarns differ, but most relax and twist and curl in the long floats when washed; the severe rectilinear design of the waffle cells in unwashed waffle weave fabric will soften dramatically. 1991, Carol Strickler, editor, A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, Interweave Press, →ISBN, pages 140-141:
A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- Rod Basket with Serpentine Floats 1991, Rachel Nash Law, Cynthia Wieboldt Taylor, Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket, page xii:
A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
A lowboy trailer.
(obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
- Hee being now in Float for Treasure. 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- Float Machinist— One who squares up, faces, noses or chamfers on a float all marble, slate, or similar stones, and including terrazzo or similar compositions. 1925, Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Commonwealth Arbitration Reports, page 557:
- Next , finishers rub a float — a small and smooth, rectangular piece of wood — over the entire surface, carefully avoiding edges and joints. 1980, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, page 215:
- The machinery consists of two saws, a polishing table, a float for grinding marble, and a ripping saw for cutting slabs. 1863 April 24, “Trade News”, in The Building News and Engineering Journal, volume 10, page 324:
- Floated: Obtained by successive passages with a wooden float on the coat's surface until it is flat and uniform 2015, M. Clara Gonçalves, Fernanda Margarido, Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering, page 102:
(UK, dated) A coal cart.
A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content. 2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns, page 93:
- Because margin floats don't collapse together, the actual spacing between two floats sitting next to each other will be 6 pixels […] 2004, Eric A. Meyer, More Eric Meyer on CSS, page 36:
The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
(qualifier:digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
floats	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

hard float · float tank · peg float · dirty float · floatplane · float tube · grout float · clean float · free float · Carley float · float glass · coke float · float-on float-off · ice-float · root beer float · float switch · information float · float-zone silicon · dead man's float · soft float · managed float · ice cream float

Synonyms

initial public offering (shares offered to the public)

Translations (93)

nl dobber (buoyant device) · ca carrossa (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · de niedriger Transportwagen (small delivery vehicle) · ru платфо́рма (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · nl soort truweel (sort of trowel) · fi yleinen osakeanti (finance: offering of shares to the public) · fi paraatiauto (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · tl karosa (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · cy car sioe (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · pl fundusze do spłacenia (funds committed to be paid but not yet paid) · fi pohjakassa (small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business) · eo ĉaro (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · sv flöte (buoyant device) · nrf fliotte (buoyant device) · bg мистрия (sort of trowel) · de Festwagen (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · ja 鏝 (sort of trowel) · nrf liège (buoyant device) · fi raspi (tool similar to a rasp) · cs plovák (buoyant device) · fr flotteur (buoyant device) · ja フロート (soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream) · cmn 花車 /花车 (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · it frattazzo (sort of trowel) · fi kelluke (buoyant device) · ja 浮揚物 (buoyant device) · he מָצוֹף (buoyant device) · ja 左官鏝 (sort of trowel) · fr char (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · ro plutitor (buoyant device) · fi maksamattomat varat (funds committed to be paid but not yet paid) · it appianatoia (sort of trowel) · eo paradĉaro (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · fi käteiskassa (insurance: premiums taken in but not yet paid out) · kea bóia (buoyant device) · ro car alegoric (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · pl packa (sort of trowel) · nl vijl (tool similar to a rasp) · cs alegorický vůz (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · fi koho (buoyant device) · hu úszó (buoyant device) · ca boia (buoyant device) · ru прави́ло (sort of trowel) · lt plaustas (buoyant device) · de Festwagen (small delivery vehicle) · ba ҡалҡыуыс (buoyant device) · it pialletto (sort of trowel) · ru глади́лка (sort of trowel) · km ប៉ោង (buoyant device) · sh plovak (buoyant device) · es boya (buoyant device) · tl karang (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · pl koktajl lodowy (soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream) · pt carro alegórico (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · pl paca (sort of trowel) · ca taloja (sort of trowel) · fi jäätelösooda (soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream) · fi jakeluauto (small delivery vehicle) · ro plută (buoyant device) · ru плот (buoyant device) · pl pława (buoyant device) · nl rasp (tool similar to a rasp) · it carro allegorico (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · de Floß (buoyant device) · fi maksamattomat varat (banking: total amount of outstanding checks/cheques or other drafts) · ca flotador (buoyant device) · nl praalwagen (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · fi floattaus (poker maneuver) · pt boia (buoyant device) · pt broquel (sort of trowel) · ja 浮き (buoyant device) · bg буй (buoyant device) · fi hierrin (sort of trowel) · es carroza (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · bg поплавък (buoyant device) · af sierwa (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · nl vlot (buoyant device) · pl akumulatorowy pojazd (small delivery vehicle) · fr taloche (sort of trowel) · ga flóta (trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade) · el φελλός (buoyant device) · mi kārewa (buoyant device) · cs hladítko (sort of trowel) · tr şamandıra (buoyant device) · yi פֿלאָוט (soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream) · fi höyläraspi (tool similar to a rasp) · mi kōrewa (buoyant device) · de Schwimmer (as in a carburetor) (buoyant device) · pl mała kwota pieniędzy w kasie (small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business) · ru мастеро́к (sort of trowel) · lt plūdė (buoyant device) · ru поплаво́к (buoyant device) · pl blef (poker maneuver)