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vlot.

smooth, easy

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/vlɔt/

  1. smooth, easy

  2. quick, fast

Where this word comes from

From earlier vlot (“flowing; fluent; fluid”), from the Middle Dutch phrases int vlot, ant vlot (“on water; floating”); see vlieten. Compare German flott (from Middle Dutch).

noun/vlɔt/

  1. raft

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vlot, ultimately from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *flutą (“flow; stream”) and Proto-Germanic *flutô (“small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian flot (“raft”), German Low German Flott, Flött (“raft”), Old English flot (“sea”), Old English flota (“ship; vessel; fleet”), Old Norse flot (“that which floats; grease”), Icelandic floti (“fleet”). Also related to German Floß (“raft”), Old English flīete (“that which floats; boat; raft; cream”), Danish flåde (“raft”), Swedish flotte (“raft”).

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