flete

flēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fleō

flēte

1. vocative masculine singular of flētus

Inherited from Old English flēot (“fleet”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaz, related to *flutōną (“to float”).

• flet, fleote

• IPA^(key): /fleːt/

flete

2. A fleet; a collection or grouping of vessels.
3. (rare) A group of soldiers.

• fleten

• English: fleet
• Scots: fleet

• “flẹ̄te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.

Inherited from Old English flēot (“bay”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą.

• fleet

• IPA^(key): /fleːt/

flete (plural fletis)

2. A bay or gulf; an arm of the sea.

• English: fleet
• Scots: fleet

• “flẹ̄te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.

From Old English flēotan.

flete

1. Alternative form of fleten

• IPA^(key): /ˈfle.te/

flete

1. dative singular of flet

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleː.te/

flēte

1. inflection of flēt:
   1. nominative/accusative plural
   2. accusative/genitive/dative singular

Borrowed from English flat. Distant doublet of prato.

• flate, flat

• Hyphenation: fle‧te

flete f (plural fletes)

1. (Mozambique) flat (apartment)

flete

1. inflection of fletir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈflete/ [ˈfle.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: fle‧te

Borrowed from French fret.

flete m (plural fletes)

1. freight, cargo
   • 1907, Benito Pérez Galdós, “chapter 27”, in La de los tristes destinos:

     rescindió el contrato, devolviendo la cantidad entregada ya como primer plazo del flete.

     he rescinded the contract, returning the amount already given as the first installment of the freight.

2. charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)

   Synonym: fletamento

flete

1. inflection of fletar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “flete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28