# floter
## Middle English
### Verb

floter
* Alternative form of floteren

## Old French
### Etymology

From Frankish *flotōn (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), Old English flotian (“to float”), Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”). More at float.

### Verb

floter
* to float (rest upon liquid without sinking)

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* Middle French: flotter
** French: flotter
* Walloon: floter

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), Old English flotian (“to float”), Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”). More at float.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flɔ.te/

### Verb

floter
* to float (rest upon liquid without sinking)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | simple | floter |
| infinitive | compound | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle | aveur + past participle |
| gerund | simple | flotant |
| gerund | compound | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle | åyant + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | floté | floté | flotêye | flotêye |
| past participle | past participle | plural | flotés | flotés | flotêyes | flotêyes |
| | singular | plural |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | flote | flotes | flote | flotans | flotez | flotnut or flotèt |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | flotéve | flotéves | flotéve | floténs | flotîz | flotént |
| (simple tenses) | preterite | flota | flotas | flota | flotîs | flotîz | flotît |
| (simple tenses) | future | flotrè | flotrès | flotrè | flotrans | flotroz | flotront |
| (simple tenses) | conditional | flotreu | flotreus | flotreut | flotréns | flotrîz | flotrént |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle | future of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle | conditional of aveur + past participle |
| subjunctive | subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) |
| (simple tenses) | present | flote | flotes | flote | flotanxhe | flotoxhe | flotnuxhe or flotèxhe |
| (simple tenses) | imperfect | flotaxhe | flotaxhes | flotaxhe | floténxhe | flotîxhe | floténxhe |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| (compound tenses) | pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | – | ti | – | dji / nos | vos | – |
| imperative | imperative | | flote! | | flotans! | flotez! | |