Synonyms: hover, hang, waft
| 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 |
| Dutch | zweven |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | ŝvebi; flugpendi; portiĝi |
| Faeroese | sveima; svíva |
| French | planer |
| Luxemburgish | schwiewen |
| Portuguese | adejar; dominar; esvoaçar; librar‐se; pairar |
| Spanish | cernerse; planear |
| Swedish | sväva |
| Thai | ลอย |
| Yiddish | שװעבן |