flotantEtymologyOld French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”).flotant means represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.adjRepresented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.“a banner flotant”nounA mass of floating vegetation, especially on the waters of the Mississippi delta.“... (flotants) occur in abandoned distributaries and throughout the upper Mississippi Delta Plain. Flotants can be found in 3 settings : 1) an active or "live" flotant of various ages. 2) a flotant that is being transgressed by marine[…]”