fluent
/fˈluːənt/FLOO-uhnt
/fˈluənt/FLOO-uhnt
Meaningflowing
Common meaning: speaking or writing smoothly and easily
- fluto flowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 763 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
Journey through time
- Latinfluō, flūxī, flūxum‘to flow’
- Englishfluent‘speaking or writing smoothly and easily’ · today
flu also in: fluxfluidaffluentinfluencemellifluous
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fluō ‘to flow’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fluō, p. 763 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fluō, flūxī, flūxum Latin “to flow”
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