• (British) IPA: /ˈfluːənt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈfluənt/
• (obsolete) IPA: /ˈfljuːɛnt/

fluent

1. That flows; flowing, liquid.

   fluent handwriting

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     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. (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

   She's fluent in French.

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

• fluency
• fluently

• French: parler couramment (be fluent in)
• German: fließend
• Italian: fluido
• Portuguese: fluente
• Russian: бе́глый
• Spanish: fluido, fluida

fluent (plural fluents)

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