| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /fləʊ̯t/ |
| Hyphenation | float |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑓𐑤𐑴𐑑 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) float | (I) floated |
| (thou) floatest | (thou) floatedst |
| (he) floats, floateth | (he) floated |
| (we) float | (we) floated |
| (you) float | (you) floated |
| (they) float | (they) floated |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) float | (I) floated |
| (thou) float | (thou) floated |
| (he) float | (he) floated |
| (we) float | (we) floated |
| (you) float | (you) floated |
| (they) float | (they) floated |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| floating | floated |
| Catalan | flotar; surar |
|---|---|
| Dutch | dobberen; drijven; vlotten |
| English (Old English) | flotian |
| Esperanto | flosi |
| Faeroese | flóta |
| Finnish | kellua |
| French | flotter |
| German | obenauf schwimmen; treiben |
| Hawaiian | lana; lanalana |
| Latin | fluctuare |
| Luxemburgish | schwammen |
| Malay | apung; mengapung |
| Norwegian | flyte |
| Papiamento | drif |
| Polish | pływać |
| Portuguese | boiar |
| Russian | плыть |
| Scottish Gaelic | bi a’ fleòdradh |
| Spanish | flotar |
| Sranan | dribi; drifi |
| Swedish | flyta |
| West Frisian | driuwe |