different between adroit vs fluent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Vulgar Latin *dr?ctus, syncopated form of Latin d?rectus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of d?rig? (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + reg? (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ré?eti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??d???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Adjective

adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)

1. Deft, dexterous, or skillful.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• clumsy
• maladroit

Derived terms

• adroitness
• adroitly
• maladroit

Translations

Anagrams

• Tirado

French

Etymology

à + droit. Doublet of adret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?wa/

Adjective

adroit (feminine singular adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites)

1. skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)

Descendants

• ? English: adroit
• ? German: adrett
  • ? Danish: adræt

Further reading

• “adroit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dorait, rodait, rôdait

English

Etymology

Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of flu? (“I flow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?flu??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?flu?nt/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?flju??nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt

Adjective

fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)

1. That flows; flowing, liquid.
2. (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• fluency
• fluently

Translations

Noun

fluent (plural fluents)

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

References

Anagrams

• netful, unfelt

Latin

Verb

fluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of flu?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluens.

Adjective

fluent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fluent or fluente)

1. (of a liquid) flowing; that flows

Related terms

• fluer

Romanian

Etymology

From French fluent

Adjective

fluent m or n (feminine singular fluent?, masculine plural fluen?i, feminine and neuter plural fluente)

1. fluent

Declension