flet

F4L1E1T1

noun

Floor; bottom; lower surface.

Opposite
FLOT
OriginMiddle English flet ← Old English flet ← Proto-West Germanic *flati →
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Meanings

flet1

nounflet (plural flets)

plural flets · alternative obsolete fleet · alternative obsolete flette

  1. dialectalrareFloor; bottom; lower surface.
  2. dialectalrareA house; home.

FLET2

nounFLET (plural FLETs)

plural FLETs

  1. USgovernmentforward line of enemy troops, front line

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
FLOT

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-“flat, broad”
  2. Proto-Germanic*flatją“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*flati
  4. Old Englishflet
  5. Middle Englishflet“floor of a house; house”
  6. Englishflet

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *flati, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.

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APA

flet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flet

MLA

“flet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flet.

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