fluency

flu·ent  (flnt)

adj.

1.

a. 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.

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[Latin fluns, fluent-, present participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fluen·cy n.

fluent·ly adv.

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fluency [ˈfluːənsɪ]

n

the quality of being fluent, esp facility in speech or writing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fluency - powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" eloquence, smoothness expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
	2.	fluency - skillfulness in speaking or writing skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful disfluency - lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
	3.	fluency - the quality of being facile in speech and writing articulateness, volubility communicativeness - the trait of being communicative

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fluency

noun

1. ability to speak or write, good command, articulateness To work as a translator, you need fluency in at least one language.

2. ease, control, facility, command, assurance, readiness, smoothness, slickness, glibness, volubility, articulateness He was praised for speeches of remarkable fluency.

Translations

fluency [ˈfluːənsɪ] N

1. (in foreign language) → fluidez f, soltura f
she speaks French with great fluency → habla francés con mucha fluidez or soltura → domina bien el francés
you need fluency in at least one foreign language → necesita dominar al menos una lengua
I was impressed by his fluency in English → me impresionó su dominio del inglés

2. (in speaking, reading, writing) → fluidez f, soltura f

3. [of movement] → soltura f

fluency [ˈfluːənsi] n

[speech, reading, writing] → aisance f

(in foreign language) → aisance f
fluency in a language → aisance dans une langue
his fluency in French → son aisance en français

fluency

n

(in a foreign language) → fließendes Sprechen; this job requires fluency in German → für diese Stelle ist fließendes Deutsch Voraussetzung; fluency in two foreign languages is a requirement → die Beherrschung von zwei Fremdsprachen ist Voraussetzung; his fluency in English is inadequate → er spricht Englisch nicht fließend genug

(in one’s native language, of speaker, writer) → Gewandtheit f; (of style) → Flüssigkeit f

(of movement) → Flüssigkeit f

fluency [ˈfluːənsɪ] n → facilità, scioltezza
his fluency in English → la sua scioltezza nel parlare l'inglese