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語源

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“I flow”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈfluːənt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈfluənt/
• (obsolete) IPA: /ˈfljuːɛnt/
• (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA: /flɪu̯ənt/
• 韻: -ʊənt

形容詞

fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)

1. That flows; flowing, liquid.

   fluent handwriting

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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 […].

2. Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

   She's fluent in French.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent.

3. (programming) Being or relating to a fluent interface.

   The payment processor offers a fluent API.

使用する際の注意点

In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency broadly, while in narrow use, it refers to using a language flowingly, rather than haltingly.

同意語

• (that flows): fluid; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
• (voluble):

反意語

• laborious

派生語

関連する語

• fluency
• fluently

名詞

fluent (plural fluents)

1. (mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

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アナグラム

• netful, unfelt