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A n2 Aviat flotteur m ;3 ( in plumbing) flotteur m ;7 US ( drink) soda avec une boule de glace ;9 US Fin ( time period) délai m avant l'encaissement d'un chèque ; ( value) masse f des effets en circulation (qui n'ont pas été encaissés).B vtr1 [person] faire flotter [boat] ; [tide] mettre à flot [ship] ; to float logs down a waterway faire flotter du bois sur un cours d'eau ;2 Fin introduire [qch] en Bourse, émettre [shares, securities] ; lancer [qch] en Bourse [company] ; lancer, émettre [loan] ; laisser flotter [currency] ;3 ( propose) lancer [idea, suggestion].C vi1 (on liquid, in air) flotter ; there were leaves floating on the water des feuilles flottaient à la surface de l'eau ; to float on one's back [swimmer] faire la planche ; to float back up to the surface remonter à la surface ; the logs floated down the river les troncs d'arbre descendaient la rivière ; the boat was floating out to sea le bateau voguait vers le large ; the balloon floated up into the air le ballon s'est envolé ;2 fig ( waft) [smoke, mist] flotter ; clouds floated across the sky des nuages traversaient lentement le ciel ; music floated out into the garden la musique parvenait dans le jardin ; she floated into the room elle est entrée dans la pièce d'un pas léger ; the thought floated through his mind l'idée lui a traversé l'esprit ;3 Fin [currency] flotter.■ float about, float around1 ( circulate) [idea, rumour] circuler ;2 ○ ( be nearby) are my keys floating around? mes clés sont-elles par ici? ; your glasses are floating around somewhere tes lunettes sont quelque part par là ;3 ○ ( aimlessly) [person] traîner ; he just floats about the house all day il passe ses journées à traîner dans la maison.■ float away = float off.
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