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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.] [1913 Webster] 1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter. [1913 Webster] 2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. [1913 Webster] [Cassio,] a knave very voluble. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. ``A grave and voluble eloquence.'' --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster] 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. [1913 Webster] Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. [1913 Webster] -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault an arch, Volume, Volute.] 1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter. 2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue. [Cassio,] a knave very voluble. --Shak. Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. ``A grave and voluble eloquence.'' --Bp. Hacket. 3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.] 4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants. Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or twining, round another body. -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly, adv.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
voluble adj : marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" [ant: taciturn]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
voluble Spanish a. (l en voluble); fickleFrom English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
voluble a. 1 (lb en of a person or a manner of speaking) fluent or having a ready flow of speech. 2 Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: express#Verb readily or at length and in a fluent manner.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
voluble Spanish a. (l en voluble); fickleFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
voluble Spanish a. (l en voluble); fickleFrom Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
voluble Englanti a. vuolassanainen, sanavalmisFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ طلق اللسانFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. повратлив easily rolling or turning 2. бъбрив fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious 3. увивен twisting and turning like a vine
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]svazek
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]řečný
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]hovorný
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]užvaněný
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ angeregt Note: Unterhaltung, Diskussion usw. Note: conversation; discussion etc.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ redselig, redegewandt, wortgewandt, zungenfertigFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ][altertümlich] Note: Person Note: of a person
voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. sujuva 2. easily rolling or turning 3. fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious 2. käppyräinen twisting and turning like a vine
Voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. वाचाल "She is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in rapid conversations" 2. धाराप्रवाह "His speech was voluble"
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ govorljiv, lako pokretljiv, rječitFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 1. pergô 2. bôbeszédû 3. forgó 4. futó 5. beszédes 6. gyors 7. állhatatlan 8. gördülékeny 9. kapaszkodó 10. csavarodó 11. csapongó 12. szapora 13. forduló 14. változékony 15. gyorsan pergô 16. szóbô 17. ingatagFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]口達者な, 弁舌のさわやかな fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious
voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]ordrik fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious
voluble /ˈvɒljʊbəl/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]wymowny
voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]elokvent, munvig, pratglad, pratsam, talför, vältalig fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious
voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 1. konuşkan, söz akıcılığı olan 2. çenebaz 3. yuvarlanan 4. (bot.) sarılan. volubility çok ve çabuk konuşma, cerbeze. volubly akıcı olarak.From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:spa-ast ]
voluble /bolˈuβle/ cimbleFrom Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:spa-ast ]
voluble /bolˈuβle/ volubleFrom Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:spa-ast ]
voluble /bolˈuβle/ cambiadizuFrom Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:spa-ast ]
voluble /bolˈuβle/ volubleFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From IPA:es_MX : [ IPA:es_MX ]/ˈvɑɫjəbəɫ/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/boluβle/
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "voluble": all jaw, bombastic, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, effusive, expansive, exuberant, flip, fluent, frank, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long-winded, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, profuse, prolix, silver-tongued, smooth, sociable, talkative, talky, verbose, vocative, windy, wordyFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
adj.健谈的;多言的From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 流利的,健谈的,易旋转的,缠绕的