fluency
/ˈfluːənsi/
fluency noun: the quality of smoothness of flow.
Noun
fluency (countable and uncountable, plural fluencies)
- The quality of smoothness of flow.
- She has fluency, nobility, / Elegance and symmetry, / Stability, fluidity, / Like poetry in motion.1996, Vera Morris, Bill Francoeur, A Little Princess: The Musical: Adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “Sara Crewe”, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, act I, scene i, page 4
- The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.
- The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
- While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023
- The inherent ability to use a language easily and accurately.
fluency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fluency in Hindi
- linguistics: being fluent in a language
- रवानी ravānī
fluency in Tamil
- ஆற்றொழுக்கான நடை, ஆற்றொழுக்கு, ஒழுங்கு, சொல்லோட்டம், தடையின்மை
fluency in Urdu
- فصاحت, روانی, سلاست, طراری
fluency in Bengali
- সাবলীলতা, প্রাঞ্জলতা, অনর্গল কথা বলার, লেখার ক্ষমতা
More languagesFewer languages
- fluency in Malayalam
- ഒഴുക്ക്, വാക്ചാതുര്യം, വാഗ്വിലാസം, അനർഗ്ഗളത
- fluency in Kannada
- ನಿರರ್ಗಳತೆ, ನಯವಾದ ಹರಿವು, ವಾಕ್ಪ್ರವಾಹ, ಧಾರಾಳವಾದ ಮಾತು
- fluency in Malay
- kefasihan
- fluency in Thai
- ความคล่องแคล่ว
- fluency in Vietnamese
- sự thành thạo
Examples of fluency in a sentence
- She was surprisingly polyglottal, with native fluency in twelve Asian languages.
- These chunks of language also give you some sense of fluency.
- Then, practice reading fluency sentences together that contain words with trigraphs and other mastered words.
Forms of fluency
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Origin of fluency
From Late Latin fluentia, equivalent to fluent + -cy. Cognate with French fluence.
Words formed from fluency
Questions about fluency
- What does fluency mean?
- Fluency means the quality of smoothness of flow.
- What is fluency in Hindi?
- Fluency in Hindi is रवानी (ravānī). See Fluency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fluency?
- Fluency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fluency?
- Fluency is pronounced /ˈfluːənsi/.
- What is the plural of fluency?
- The plural of fluency is fluencies.
Words near fluency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fluency (page history and authors); fluency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fluency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fluency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fluency (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fluency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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