flotacar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English flotation, French flottaison, Italian fiottare, Spanish flotación, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Flotacar was chosen instead of flotar so as not to interfere with floto (“fleet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flotaˈt͡sar/

Verb

flotacar (present tense flotacas, past tense flotacis, future tense flotacos, imperative flotacez, conditional flotacus)

1. (intransitive) to float, be afloat (on the surface of a liquid)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flotacar

		present		past		future
infinitive		flotacar		flotacir		flotacor
tense		flotacas		flotacis		flotacos
conditional		flotacus		—		—
imperative		flotacez		—		—
adjective active participle		flotacanta		flotacinta		flotaconta
adverbial active participle		flotacante		flotacinte		flotaconte
nominal active participle	singular	flotacanto		flotacinto		flotaconto
	plural	flotacanti		flotacinti		flotaconti
adjective passive participle		flotacata		flotacita		flotacota
adverbial passive participle		flotacate		flotacite		flotacote
nominal passive participle	singular	flotacato		flotacito		flotacoto
	plural	flotacati		flotaciti		flotacoti

Derived terms

• flotacanta (“afloat”)
• flotacemeso (“buoyancy”)
• flotacigar (“to buoy, waft”)
• flotaciva (“buoyant”)
• flotaco (“flotation”)