fluctuant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuans, fluctuantem.

Adjective

fluctuant (comparative more fluctuant, superlative most fluctuant)

1. That fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
2. (medicine) Used to describe a fluid-filled structure, such as an abscess, that produces a wave-like motion when palpated.

Related terms

• fluctuate

Anagrams

• untactful

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuāns, fluctuantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fluk.tuˈan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [fluk.tuˈant]

Verb

fluctuant

1. gerund of fluctuar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuantem.

Participle

fluctuant

1. present participle of fluctuer

Adjective

fluctuant (feminine fluctuante, masculine plural fluctuants, feminine plural fluctuantes)

1. fluctuant

Related terms

• fluctuer

Further reading

• “fluctuant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

flūctuant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of flūctuō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fluctuant, from Latin fluctuans.

Adjective

fluctuant m or n (feminine singular fluctuantă, masculine plural fluctuanți, feminine and neuter plural fluctuante)

1. fluctuant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fluctuant		fluctuantă		fluctuanți	fluctuante
	definite	fluctuantul		fluctuanta		fluctuanții	fluctuantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fluctuant		fluctuante		fluctuanți	fluctuante
	definite	fluctuantului		fluctuantei		fluctuanților	fluctuantelor