flottant, -e, adj., floating, flowing; irresolute, wavering, fluctuating.
flotte, n.f., fleet; navy, shipping, cable-buoy; (fishing) float.
flotté, -e, part., floated. Bois —; float-wood.
flottement (flot-mān), n.m., floating; wavering, irresolution; (milit.) undulation.
flotter, v.n., to float, to waft; to be irresolute, to fluctuate, to waver. Faire — du bois; to float wood. v.a., (nav.) to ease off, to slacken (cable).
flotteron, n.m., small float.
flotteur, n.m., raftsman; (nav.) cable-buoy; water-gauge.
*flottille, n.f., flotilla.
flou, n.m., (paint.) softness; delicacy of touch.