fluent. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

fluent

SYLLABICATION:	flu·ent
PRONUNCIATION:	flnt
ADJECTIVE:	1a. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages. b. Flowing effortlessly; polished: speaks fluent Russian; gave a fluent performance of the sonata. 2. Flowing or moving smoothly; graceful: a yacht with long, fluent curves. 3. Flowing or capable of flowing; fluid.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin fluns, fluent-, present participle of fluere, to flow. See bhleu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	fluen·cy —NOUN fluent·ly —ADVERB


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