afloat in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for afloat in the English»French Dictionary

I.afloat [Brit əˈfləʊt, Am əˈfloʊt] ADJ

1. afloat (in water):

I could see a body/an object afloat in the water

je voyais un corps/un objet qui flottait sur l'eau

2. afloat (at sea, on the water):

afloat

sur l'eau

it's the best-equipped ship afloat

c'est le navire le mieux équipé qui soit sur l'eau

II.afloat [Brit əˈfləʊt, Am əˈfloʊt] ADV

1. afloat (in water):

to stay or remain afloat body, person, object:

rester à la surface (de l'eau)

to stay or remain afloat boat:

rester à flot

to get a boat afloat

mettre un bateau à flot

she had difficulty staying afloat

elle avait du mal à se maintenir à la surface (de l'eau)

2. afloat (financially):

to remain or stay afloat

se maintenir à flot

to keep the economy afloat

maintenir l'économie à flot

3. afloat (at sea, on the water):

afloat

sur l'eau

a day/week afloat

une journée/semaine sur l'eau

Translations for afloat in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

porter qc à bout de bras fig

to keep sth afloat

soutenir à bout de bras personne, projet

to keep [sb/sth] afloat

afloat in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for afloat in the English»French Dictionary

I.afloat [əˈfləʊt, Am -ˈfloʊt] ADJ

to be afloat

être à flot

II.afloat [əˈfləʊt, Am -ˈfloʊt] ADV

to keep afloat

flotter

to keep afloat fig

maintenir la tête hors de l'eau

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to set a boat afloat

mettre un bateau à l'eau

Translations for afloat in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

être à flot bateau

to be afloat

se maintenir/se remettre à flot

to stay/get back afloat

afloat Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to set a boat afloat

mettre un bateau à l'eau

to be afloat

être à flot

to keep afloat

flotter

to keep afloat fig

maintenir la tête hors de l'eau

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She was the largest and longest liner afloat and would have been the largest ever had it not been for the of 1860.

en.wikipedia.org

They sailed on all night, only just managing to keep the ship afloat.

en.wikipedia.org

Her stern was blown off and sank, but the forward section remained afloat.

en.wikipedia.org

It received a cash injection from investors to keep it afloat the following month.

en.wikipedia.org

Most floats that wash up, however, would have been afloat for 10 years.

en.wikipedia.org

The human cork stayed afloat for 15 hours.

en.wikipedia.org

With a stated cost of $400,000 per month, supporters raised enough money to keep the blimp afloat for about six weeks.

en.wikipedia.org

Over the next 18 months, her hull deteriorated to the point of making it almost impossible to keep her afloat.

en.wikipedia.org

Repairs were carried out on the vessel in 1926 and in 1934, and she was still afloat in 1956.

en.wikipedia.org

Then they were loaded onto a barge which required 600 goatskins and sheepskins to keep it afloat.

en.wikipedia.org