fluctuant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluctuans, fluctuantem.
Adjective
fluctuant (comparative more fluctuant, superlative most fluctuant)
- That fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
- (medicine) Used to describe a fluid-filled structure, such as an abscess, that produces a wave-like motion when palpated.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluctuāns, fluctuantem.
Pronunciation
Verb
fluctuant
- gerund of fluctuar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluctuantem.
Participle
fluctuant
- present participle of fluctuer
Adjective
fluctuant (feminine fluctuante, masculine plural fluctuants, feminine plural fluctuantes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “fluctuant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
flūctuant
- 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)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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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 |