fleet
English
/fliːt/, /flit/
noun
Definitions
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
- Any group of associated items.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- (nautical) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flete (bay, fleet) inherited from Old English flēot (fleet, the mouth of a river, bay, ship, a bay, an arm of the sea, estuary, gulf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (float, swim, flow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flutōną
Gloss
float, swim, flow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泳
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air English
- airfleet English
- fleet race English
- fleet racing English
- fleetfooted English
- fleetly English
- fleetmate English
- fleetname English
- fleetness English
- fleetside English
- fleetwide English
- footed English
- interfleet English
- mate English
- name English
- nonfleet English
- race English
- racing English
- side English
- subfleet English
- Fleet German
- vlieboot Dutch, Flemish
- vliet Dutch, Flemish
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *plōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *fleutaz Proto-Germanic
- *flutrōną Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōduz Proto-Germanic
- flyte Norwegian Nynorsk
- flytebrygge Norwegian Nynorsk
- flytedokk Norwegian Nynorsk
- flotian Old English
- flēot Old English
- flete Middle English
- fljóta Old Norse
- flyde Danish
- flyder Danish
- vliet Middle Dutch
- fliozan Old High German
- flotacar Ido
- fléissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- offléissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *floton Old Dutch
- vlēt Middle Low German
- *flotōn Frankish
- flotōn Frankish
- flytæ Old Danish