flotant
flotant adjective: represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water. Also the alternative form of floatant.
Adjective
flotant (not comparable)
- Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
- a banner flotant
Noun
flotant (plural flotants)
- A mass of floating vegetation, especially on the waters of the Mississippi delta.
- ... (flotants) occur in abandoned distributaries and throughout the upper Mississippi Delta Plain. Flotants can be found in 3 settings : 1) an active or "live" flotant of various ages. 2) a flotant that is being transgressed by marine[…]1985, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Midyear Meeting, Abstracts
- ... flotants. Flotants generally occur in very low-energy environments. They are held together by surrounding shorelines and a weave of slowly deteriorating plant materials and living roots. Forested wetlands are not very common in[…]2007, Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 2007-2012, Western Planning Area Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218, Central Planning Area Sales 205, 206, 208, 213, 216, and 222: Environmental Impact...
Also used as
flotant is also the alternative form of floatant.
Forms of flotant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | floatant |
| alternative form | flottant |
| Noun | |
| plural | flotants |
Origin of flotant
Old French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”).
Questions about flotant
- What does flotant mean?
- Flotant means represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
- What part of speech is flotant?
- Flotant can be an adjective or a noun.
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