afloat

English

Etymology

a- +‎ float

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈfloʊt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Adverb

afloat (not comparable)

1. floating

   A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.

2. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded.

   The decks are afloat.

3. Out at sea.
4. Making successful progress under one's own steam. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

floating

• Bulgarian: плуващ (bg) (pluvašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮着地

• Finnish: pinnalla (fi)
• French: à flot (fr)

• Galician: flotante
• Interlingue: flottant
• Portuguese: flutuante (pt)
• Russian: на плаву́ (ru) (na plavú), пла́вающий (ru) (plávajuščij)
• Spanish: a flote

at sea

• Bulgarian: на вода (na voda), по море (po more)
• Finnish: merellä (fi)
• Galician: a flote

• Romanian: pe apă, pe mare
• Russian: в мо́ре (v móre), на мо́ре (na móre), на воде́ (na vodé)