florin, n.m., florin.

florissant, -e, adj., prosperous, flourishing.

floriste, n.m., florist.

flosculeu-x, -se, adj., (bot.) floscular, flosculous.

floss, n.m., (metal.) floss.

flot, n.m., wave, billow, flood, surge; tide, flood-tide; crowd (of persons); stream, torrent. Les —s de la mer; the waves of the sea. Le bruit des —s; the roaring of the waves. Mettre un vaisseau à —; to set a ship afloat. Être à —; to be afloat. À —s; in streams, in torrents; in crowds. Demi —; half-flood, half-tide. — et jusant; flood and ebb.

flottable, adj., navigable (for rafts).

flottage, n.m., floating of wood, rafting.

flottaison, n.f., flotation (nav.). Ligne de —; load water-line or mark.

flottant, n.m., (of hydraulic wheels) float.