How do you say “float” in Vietnamese?

“Float” in Vietnamese is nổi (to float).

Vietnamese words for “float”

• nổiListenverb
  Hanoi [noj˧˩] · Saigon [noj˨˩˦]nổi dipping

  to float; to overfloat

  for “float” meaning: To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.

Related Vietnamese words

• giạtListenverb

  to float; to be floating; to drift

• nổi nênhListenverb

  to float

• trôiListenverb

  to drift; float along

• bèListennoun

  a raft

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.