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| Language | Translations for "TO FLOAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 飄 , 漂浮 (superficial), 漂 (elegant, polished, to bleach, to drift), 浮 . (various references) | |
Danish | flyde uafhaengigt (to float independently), flyde individuelt (to float independently). (various references) | |
Dutch | afzonderlijk zweven (to float independently). (various references) | |
French | flotter isolément (to float independently). (various references) | |
German | schwimmen (swim, float, floatage, swimming, to take a swim), gleiten (glide, slide, slip, floating), flößen (raft). (various references) | |
Greek | ανεξάρτητη διακύμανση (to float independently). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vízre bocsát (to launch), szálldos (flew, flown, to flit, to fly, to wing), sodródik (drift, driven, drove, to be adrift, to drift with the current, to drive), felszínen tart (to buoy), felszínen marad (keep afloat, to keep afloat), úsztat (to drift), úszik (float, swim, to drift). (various references) | |
Italian | fluttuare isolatamente (to float independently). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 漂う (to drift about, to hang in air), 流す (to drain), 浮ぶ (to come to mind, to rise to surface), 浮かべる (to express), 浮く (to become loose, to become merry). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ただよう (to drift about, to hang in air), ながす (to cruise, to drain, to shed), うきあがる (to rise to the surface), うかべる (to express, to look), うかぶ (to come to mind, to rise to surface), うく (to become loose, to become merry), かかげる (to carry, to fly, to hang out, to hoist, to print, to publish, to put up). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay oatflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flutuar independentemente (to float independently). (various references) | |
Spanish | flotar aisladamente (to float independently). (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-ntanta. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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