Fluent Meaning
/ˈfluːənt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThat flows; flowing, liquid.
adjAble to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.
Sentence Examples
If you want to be fluent in English, you've got to keep at it.
You will be able to speak fluent English in another few months.
She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He is so ____ in French that he can discuss complex topics without any difficulty.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is ____ in several languages, including Spanish, German, and a little bit of Japanese.
Word Origin & History
From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…]."
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
"The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent."
— 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He is so ____ in French that he can discuss complex topics without any difficulty.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is ____ in several languages, including Spanish, German, and a little bit of Japanese.