What does fluent mean?
Definitions for fluent
ˈflu əntflu·ent
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fluent.
Princeton's WordNet
fluent, fluid, liquid, smoothadjective
smooth and unconstrained in movement
"a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spokenadjective
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
"able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
Wiktionary
fluentadjective
That flows; flowing, liquid.
fluentadjective
Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
Etymology: From fluens.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FLUENTadjective
Etymology: fluens, Latin.
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupified. Francis Bacon.
Motion being a fluent thing, and one part of its duration being absolutely independent upon another, it doth not follow that because any thing moves this moment, it must necessarily continue to do so the next. John Ray, on the Creation.
Those have some natural dispositions, which have better grace in youth than in age, such as is a fluent and luxurious speech. Francis Bacon.
I shall lay before you all that’s within me,
And with most fluent utterance. John Denham, Sophy.Fluentnoun
Stream; running water.
Confiding in their hands, that sed’lous strive
To cut th’ outrageous fluent; in this distress,
Ev’n in the sight of death. Phillips.
Wikipedia
fluent
Fluency (also called volubility and eloquency) is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise.
ChatGPT
fluent
Fluent generally refers to the ability to express oneself easily and articulately. It is often used in the context of speaking or understanding a particular language very well. It can also refer to anything that is performed in a smooth, graceful, or effortless manner.
Webster Dictionary
Fluentadjective
flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving
Fluentadjective
ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech
Fluentnoun
a current of water; a stream
Fluentnoun
a variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral
Etymology: [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fluent
flōō′ent, adj. ready in the use of words: voluble: marked by copiousness.—n. the variable quantity in fluxions.—ns. Flu′ence (Milt.), Flu′ency, Flu′entness, readiness or rapidity of utterance: volubility.—adv. Flu′ently. [L. fluens, fluentis, pr.p. of fluĕre, to flow.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FLUENT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fluent is ranked #91221 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fluent surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fluent.
98% or 198 total occurrences were White.
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Anagrams for fluent »
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unleft
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fluent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fluent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of fluent in a Sentence
He grew up in Europe, and he's lived all over the continent, and he's fluent in French, Russian and Italian. He reads Spanish and Portuguese. And he can get by and understand Polish and Ukrainian, which enables him to communicate directly with about half the population of Europe.
Charles Boberg of McGill University:
The speaker is obviously a native speaker of Arabic, given the way he speaks that language and the influence it has on his English but his English is extremely fluent, to a level I would label near-native.
Kenji's English is very good. He should sound more fluent.
Korean actors — even if not fluent — can call out something if it’s not right, the way Korean religious people — especially pastors — talk is a very specific way of talking. That’s something I knew all too well from being stuck in those Korean church services as a kid.
It's a benefit of Jeb Bush to be able to be so fluent in Spanish, because we have a large and wonderful Hispanic population that is helping to build America.
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- فصيح, طلقArabic
- бе́глыBelarusian
- подвижен, свободен, теченBulgarian
- plynulý, plynnýCzech
- rhuglWelsh
- flydendeDanish
- fließendGerman
- με ευχέρεια, ρευστόςGreek
- fluaEsperanto
- fluido, fluidaSpanish
- sujuvaFinnish
- éloquent, courant, éloquente, couranteFrench
- siùbhlachScottish Gaelic
- משוטףHebrew
- folyékonyHungarian
- վարժ, սահուն, արագախոսArmenian
- fasih, lancarIndonesian
- altalandi, reiprennandiIcelandic
- fluenteItalian
- 流暢な, すらすら, ぺらぺらJapanese
- matatauMāori
- vloeiendDutch
- flytendeNorwegian
- płynny, biegłyPolish
- fluentePortuguese
- свободный, беглыйRussian
- tečanSerbo-Croatian
- tekočeSlovene
- flytandeSwedish
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