fluent
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English
Etymology
Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“I flow”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfluːənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfluənt/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈfljuːɛnt/
- (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /flɪu̯ənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊənt
Adjective
fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)
- That flows; flowing, liquid.
- fluent handwriting
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:
- For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent […].
- (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
- She's fluent in French.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent.
- (programming) Being or relating to a fluent interface.
- The payment processor offers a fluent API.
Usage notes
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency broadly, while in narrow use, it refers to using a language flowingly, rather than haltingly.
Synonyms
- (that flows): fluid; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
that flows; flowing, liquid
able to speak a language accurately and confidently
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Noun
fluent (plural fluents)
- (mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.
References
- ^ “Fluent” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 245.
Anagrams
French
Adjective
fluent (feminine fluente, masculine plural fluents, feminine plural fluentes)
Further reading
- “fluent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Verb
fluent
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
fluent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fluent or fluente)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
fluent m or n (feminine singular fluentă, masculine plural fluenți, feminine and neuter plural fluente)
Declension
Declension of fluent
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indefinite | fluent | fluentă | fluenți | fluente | ||
| definite | fluentul | fluenta | fluenții | fluentele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fluent | fluente | fluenți | fluente | ||
| definite | fluentului | fluentei | fluenților | fluentelor | |||