TO FLOAT

  

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TO FLOAT

Modern Translation: TO FLOAT

Language Translations for "TO FLOAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

, 漂浮 (superficial), (elegant, polished, to bleach, to drift), . (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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