English-Thai Dictionary

fluent

ADJ พูด หรือ เขียน ได้ อย่าง คล่องแคล่ว  ราบรื่น  ไหล ลื่น  ฉะฉาน  smooth flowing voluble slow stammering phud-rue-kian-dai-yang-klong-klaeo

 

fluently

ADV อย่าง คล่องแคล่ว  อย่างราบรื่น  อย่าง ไหล ลื่น  อย่าง ฉะฉาน  volubly smoothly slowly yang-klong-klaeo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLUENT

a.[See Fluency. ] 1. Liquid; flowing.
2. Flowing; passing.
Motion being a fluent thing.
3. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as a fluent speaker.
4. Flowing; voluble; smooth; as fluent speech.

 

FLUENT

n. 1. A stream; a current of water. [Little used. ]
2. The variable or flowing quantity in fluxions.

 

FLUENTLY

adv. With ready flow; volubly; without hesitation or obstruction; as, to speak fluently.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLUENT

Flu "ent, a. Etym: [L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. 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.

 

FLUENT

FLUENT Flu "ent, n.

 

1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs. ]

 

2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente. ] (Math. )

 

Defn: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

 

FLUENTLY

FLUENTLY Flu "ent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a fluent manner.

 

FLUENTNESS

FLUENTNESS Flu "ent *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being fluent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fluent

flu ent |ˈflo͞oənt ˈfluənt | ▶adjective (of a person ) able to express oneself easily and articulately: a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects. • (of a person ) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: she became fluent in French and German. • (of a foreign language ) spoken accurately and with facility: he spoke fluent Spanish. • (of speech, language, movement, or style ) smoothly graceful and easy: his style of play was fast and fluent. • able to flow freely; fluid: a fluent discharge from the nose. DERIVATIVES flu ent ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also in the literal sense ‘flowing freely or abundantly ’): from Latin fluent- ‘flowing, ’ from the verb fluere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fluent

fluent |ˈfluːənt | ▶adjective 1 able to express oneself easily and articulately: a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects. • able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: she became fluent in French and German. • (of a foreign language ) spoken accurately and with facility: he spoke fluent Spanish. 2 smoothly graceful and effortless: his style of play was fast and fluent. 3 able to flow freely; fluid: a fluent discharge from the nose. DERIVATIVES fluently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin fluent- ‘flowing ’, from the verb fluere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fluent

fluent adjective 1 a fluent campaign speech: articulate, eloquent, expressive, communicative, coherent, cogent, illuminating, vivid, well-written /spoken. ANTONYMS inarticulate. 2 fluent in French: articulate; (be fluent in ) have a (good ) command of. 3 a very fluent running style: free-flowing, smooth, effortless, easy, natural, fluid; graceful, elegant; regular, rhythmic. ANTONYMS jerky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fluent

fluent adjective 1 a fluent introductory speech: articulate, eloquent, expressive, communicative, coherent, cogent, illuminating; vivid, silver-tongued, persuasive, glib, voluble. ANTONYMS inarticulate. 2 he soon became fluent in Welsh: articulate, able to speak or write … easily and accurately; (be fluent in ) have a (good ) command of. 3 he has a very fluent running style: free-flowing, smooth, effortless, easy, natural, fluid, unbroken, uninterrupted, continuous; graceful, elegant; regular, rhythmic. ANTONYMS jerky.

 

Spanish Dictionary

fluente

fluente adjetivo Que fluye .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fluent

flu ent /flú (ː )ənt /〖語源は 「流れる 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人が 〉【外国語などに 】流暢 （りゅうちょう ）な , 達者な, 〈言葉 文体が 〉なめらかな «in » ▸ Ed is a fluent speaker of French. ≒Ed is fluent in French. ≒Ed speaks fluent French .エドはフランス語が流暢だ (!外国語を母国語のように話せる ) 2 (言葉 楽器などがよどみなく )巧みな ▸ a fluent writer 文の立つ人 (!自信のあることを暗示 ) 3 〈動きなどが 〉なめらかな; 〈曲線などが 〉なだらかな .4 流れる, 流動性の .

 

fluently

fl ú ent ly 副詞 〖動詞 の後で 〗流暢 （りゅうちょう ）に, ぺらぺらと 〈話す 〉; すらすらと, よどみなく .