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–adjective

1.	spoken or written with ease: fluent French.

2.	able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: a fluent speaker; fluent in six languages.

3.	easy; graceful: fluent motion; fluent curves.

4.	flowing, as a stream.

5.	capable of flowing; fluid, as liquids or gases.

6.	easily changed or adapted; pliant.

[Origin: 1580–90; < L fluent- (s. of fluéns) flowing, prp. of fluere; see -ent

]

—Related forms

flu·en·cy, flu·ent·ness, noun

flu·ent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1, 2. Fluent, glib, voluble may refer to a flow of words. Fluent suggests the easy and ready flow of an accomplished speaker and is usually a term of commendation: a fluent and interesting speech. Glib implies an excessive fluency divorced from sincerity or profundity; it often suggests talking smoothly and hurriedly to cover up or deceive, not giving the hearer a chance to stop and think; it may also imply a plausible, prepared, and well-rehearsed lie: He had a glib answer for everything. Voluble implies the overcopious and often rapid flow of words characteristic of a person who loves to talk: She overwhelmed him with her voluble answer. See also eloquent.

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flu·ent Audio Help (flōō'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages.
2. Flowing effortlessly; polished: speaks fluent Russian; gave a fluent performance of the sonata.
Flowing or moving smoothly; graceful: a yacht with long, fluent curves.
Flowing or capable of flowing; fluid.

[Latin fluēns, fluent-, present participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

flu'en·cy n., flu'ent·ly adv.

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fluent

1589, from L. fluentem (nom. fluens), prp. of fluere "to flow," from PIE *bhleug- (cf. L. flumen "river;" Gk. phluein "to boil over, bubble up," phlein "to abound"), from *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overthrow," extension of root *bhel- "to blow, swell" (see bole). Used interchangeably with fluid in Elizabethan times.

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fluent
adjective
1.	smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
2.	expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent]

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fluent1 [ˈfluənt] adjective

(of a language etc) smoothly and skilfully spoken
Example: He spoke fluent French.

Arabic:	طَلِقُ اللسان
Chinese (Simplified):	流利的
Chinese (Traditional):	流利的
Czech:	plynulý, plynný
Danish:	flydende
Dutch:	vloeiend
Estonian:	sorav
Finnish:	sujuva
French:	facile, fluide
German:	fließend
Greek:	άνετος, αβίαστος (για τη χρήση ξένης γλώσσας)
Hungarian:	folyékony
Icelandic:	reiprennandi
Indonesian:	fasih
Italian:	corrente, fluente

Japanese:	流ちょうな
Korean:	유창한
Latvian:	(par valodu) veikla; plūstoša
Lithuanian:	sklandus
Norwegian:	flytende
Polish:	płynny
Portuguese (Brazil):	fluente, corrente
Portuguese (Portugal):	fluente
Romanian:	fluent
Russian:	беглый
Slovak:	plynulý
Slovenian:	tekoč
Spanish:	fluido
Swedish:	flytande
Turkish:	akıcı

fluent2 [ˈfluənt] adjective

(of a person) able to express oneself easily
Example: He is fluent in English.

Arabic:	فَصيح
Chinese (Simplified):	说话流利的
Chinese (Traditional):	說話流利的
Czech:	plynně hovořící
Danish:	flydende
Dutch:	vloeiend
Estonian:	ladus
Finnish:	sujuvasanainen
French:	qui s'exprime couramment
German:	flüssig
Greek:	ευφραδής
Hungarian:	folyékony
Icelandic:	sem talar reiprennandi
Indonesian:	fasih
Italian:	(che si esprime correntemente)

Japanese:	能弁の
Latvian:	(par cilvēku) brīvi, *tekoši runājošs
Lithuanian:	kalbantis sklandžiai
Norwegian:	som har ordet i sin makt, ordhag
Polish:	biegły
Portuguese (Brazil):	fluente
Portuguese (Portugal):	fluente
Romanian:	care se exprimă fluent
Russian:	свободно говорящий
Slovak:	plynulo hovoriaci
Slovenian:	ki se tekoče izraža
Spanish:	elocuente
Swedish:	verbal
Turkish:	akıcı konuşabilen

See also: fluency, fluently

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fluent

Con"flu*ent\, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

These confluent steams make some great river's head. --Blackmore.

2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.

3. (Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. --Dunglison.

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Fluent

Ef"flu*ent\, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent.] Flowing out; as, effluent beams. --Parnell.

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