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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fluent \Flu"ent\, n.
     1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered
        as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern
        calculus, the function or integral.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fluent \Flu"ent\, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to
     flow; cf. Gr. ? to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.]
     1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily
        moving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With most fluent utterance.           --Denham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's
              letter.                               --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fluent \Flu"ent\, n.
     1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]
  
     2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered
        as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern
        calculus, the function or integral.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fluent \Flu"ent\, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to
     flow; cf. Gr. ? to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.]
     1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily
        moving.
  
     2. 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.
  
              With most fluent utterance.           --Denham.
  
              Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's
              letter.                               --De Quincey.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fluent
       adj 1: easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent
              curves"
       2: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
          stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of
          a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: flowing, fluid, liquid,
           smooth]
       3: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to
          dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent,
           facile, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ευφραδής
     2 άνετα, που μιλάει με ευχέρεια μια ξένη γλώσσα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     French a.
     twitchy
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la fluō  3 p futr actv indc)
     Romanian a.
     (l en fluent)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     a.
     1 That flows; flowing, liquid.
     2 (lb en linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and
  confidently – in a ''flowing'' way.
     n.
     (lb en mathematics obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one
  with respect to time in Newton's ''Method of Fluxions''.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     French a.
     twitchy
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la fluō  3 p futr actv indc)
     Romanian a.
     (l en fluent)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     French a.
     twitchy
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la fluō  3 p futr actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     Englanti a.
     sujuva

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fluent
     Engelska a.
     1 flytande, som pratar ett språk utan problem
     2 ledig; graciös
     3 obestämd, ostadgad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fluent /flˈuːənt/
  طليق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  1. свободен
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently
  2. подвижен, течен
  that flows; flowing, liquid

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/ 
  plynný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  plynulý

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/ 
  rhugl 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  fließend 
        "speak fluent German"  - fließend Deutsch sprechen
        "be fluent in German"  - fließend Deutsch sprechen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  gewandt 
        "a fluent speaker"  - ein gewandter Redner

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  reibungsfrei 
     Synonyms: smooth, frictionless
  
   see: smoothly, frictionlessly, fluently
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  
  άπταιστος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  sujuva
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/ 
  1. धराप्रवाह
        "He gave the speech in fluent Japanese."
  2. सहज
        "He is a fluent player of tabla."
        "She dances with fluent movements."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  okretan, tečan, živahan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  1. folyékony
  2. gördülékeny
  3. könnyed
  4. kecses

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  fasih, lancar
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  すらすら, ぺらぺら, 流暢な
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  fluent /fluːənt/ 
  sklandus (apie kalbą)

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  flytende
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  fluent /ˈflu:ənt/ 
   1.  płynny
   2.  be fluent in (English) (be V: :fluent :in ADJ)
   - płynnie mówić po angielsku, płynnie mówić po

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  fluent /fluːnt/
  corrente, fluido

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  fluent //ˈfljuːɛnt// //ˈfluənt// //ˈfluːənt// 
  flytande
  able to speak a language accurately and confidently

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fluent /flˈuːənt/
  1. akıcı açık, düzgun, fasih, beliğ, pürüzsüz
  2. sürükleyici (ifade, söz, yazı) fluently  akıcı olarak, purüzsüzce, kolaylıkla.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫuənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "fluent":
     affluent, all jaw, apt, articulate, ascending, axial, back,
     back-flowing, backward, balanced, candid, chatty, communicative,
     concinnate, concinnous, confluent, conversational, coursing,
     cursive, decurrent, defluent, descending, diffluent, down-trending,
     downward, drifting, easy, effortless, effusive, elegant, eloquent,
     euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, expansive, expressive, facile,
     felicitous, flip, flowing, fluid, fluidal, fluidic, fluxible,
     fluxile, fluxional, fluxionary, fluxive, flying, frank, gabby,
     garrulous, gassy, glib, going, gossipy, graceful, gregarious,
     gulfy, gushing, gushy, gyrational, gyratory, harmonious, juicy,
     liquid, liquidy, long-winded, loquacious, mazy, meandering,
     measured, mounting, multiloquent, multiloquious, natural, newsy,
     ordered, orderly, overtalkative, passing, pleasing, plunging,
     polished, pouring, profluent, progressive, prolix, prompt, quick,
     racing, ready, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive,
     rising, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, runny, rushing,
     sappy, serpentine, sideward, sinking, slick, sluggish, smooth,
     smooth-sounding, smooth-spoken, soaring, sociable, streaming,
     succulent, surging, surgy, sweet, symmetrical, talkative, talky,
     tidal, tripping, up-trending, upward, verbose, vocal, voluble,
     vortical, watery, well-spoken, windy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 流利的,流畅的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 流利的,流畅的;畅流的

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