Fleet

See also: fleet

English

Etymology

From fleet (stream, estuary)

Proper noun

Fleet

  1. The stream that ran where Fleet Street now runs.
  2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near the stream.
  3. A town in the Hart district of Hampshire, England.
  4. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German vlēt. Cognate to Dutch vliet, English fleet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fleːt/

Noun

Fleet n (genitive Fleets, plural Fleete)

  1. a watercourse through marshland
  2. a kind of city canal similar to the Dutch gracht, found in Hamburg and some other northern German cities

Declension
Declension of Fleet
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Fleet die Fleete
genitive eines des Fleets der Fleete
dative einem dem Fleet den Fleeten
accusative ein das Fleet die Fleete
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