Meaning

3 senses
  1. That flows; flowing, liquid.

    fluent handwriting

    fließend

  2. Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

    She's fluent in French.

    fließend, flüssig

    бе́глыйbéglyj, свобо́дныйsvobódnyj

    ві́льноvílʹno

  3. Being or relating to a fluent interface.

    The payment processor offers a fluent API.

More definitions
  • smooth and unconstrained in movement
  • expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

Examples

432 sentences
  1. She is a fluent speaker of English.

    Вона вільно говорить англійською.

    ruОна свободно говорит по-английски.

    deSie spricht fließend Englisch.

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  2. Tom is fluent in three languages.

    Том вільно говорить трьома мовами.

    ruТом свободно говорит на трех языках.

    deTom spricht drei Sprachen fließend.

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  3. You speak fluent English.

    Ти вільно говориш англійською.

    ruТы свободно говоришь по-английски.

    deDu sprichst fließend Englisch.

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  4. Tom is quite fluent in French.

    Том доволі вільно говорить французькою.

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  5. I thought that you were fluent.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
able to speak a language accurately and confidently:
Русский
By meaning 1
able to speak a language accurately and confidently:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
that flows; flowing, liquid:
able to speak a language accurately and confidently:

Origin

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).

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Forms

more fluent, most fluent
Comparativemore fluent Lesson
Superlativemost fluent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
that flows:fluidB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is fluent in
  • become fluent in
  • fairly fluent in
  • become fluent
  • to become fluent
  • fairly fluent
  • speak fluent
  • more fluent in
  • very fluent in
  • is a fluent
  • to be fluent
  • more fluent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fluent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto