Vietnamese
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | dryf,sweef | Arabic | طفا |
| Dutch | dobberen, drijven, glijden, zweven | English | float |
| Esperanto | flosi, flosigi | Estonian | floteerima, heljuma, hõljuma, ujutama |
| Faroese | flóta, floyta | Finnish | kellua, kelluttaa, leijailla, lilliä, lillua |
| French | flotter | German | flöhen, flottieren, gleiten, schweben |
| Hungarian | lebeg | Icelandic | fleyta, fljóta |
| Indonesian | hanyut, melayang, mengambang, mengapung, terkatung-katung | Italian | flottare, fluitare, galleggiare |
| Japanese | 漂う, 浮かぶ, 浮かべる, 浮く, 浮遊 | Lithuanian | plūduriuoti |
| Macedonian | плута | Norwegian | flyte, sveve |
| Polish | rozpisywać, unosić | Portuguese | boiar, desencalhar, flutuar |
| Quechua | tuytuy | Romanian | pluti |
| Spanish | boyar, flotar | Swedish | simma |
| Thai | ลอย | Turkish | şamandıralamak |