adj
Meaning 1
Having buoyancy; able to float.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
buoyant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɔɪ.ənt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Lighthearted and lively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- I’m in a buoyant mood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: successful, thriving
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- buoyant spirits
- his quick wit and chirpy humor
- looking bright and well and chirpy
- a perky little widow in her 70s
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chirpy, perky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- buoyant balloons
- buoyant balsawood boats
- a floaty scarf
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floaty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English buoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English buoyant From buoy + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: drijvend — able to float
- Estonian: ujuv — able to float
- Finnish: kelluva — able to float
- French: flottant — able to float
- French: flottable — able to float
- German: schwimmend — able to float
- German: schwimmfähig — able to float
- Ido: flotaciva — able to float
- Macedonian: пловен (ploven) — able to float
- Māori: puhau — able to float
- Māori: puwhau — able to float
- Māori: pūrewa — able to float
- Romanian: plutitor — able to float
- Romanian: flotant — able to float
- Russian: плаву́чий (plavúčij) — able to float
- Serbo-Croatian: plovan — able to float
- Serbo-Croatian: plivajući — able to float
- Spanish: boyante — able to float
- Swedish: flytande — able to float
- Ukrainian: плавни́й (plavnýj) — able to float
- Vietnamese: nổi — able to float
- Welsh: hynawf — able to float
- Estonian: elurõõmus — lighthearted and lively
- Finnish: kepeä — lighthearted and lively
- French: gai — lighthearted and lively
- French: léger — lighthearted and lively
- French: joyeux — lighthearted and lively
- German: beschwingt — lighthearted and lively
- German: heiter — lighthearted and lively
- German: lebhaft — lighthearted and lively
- Ido: lejera — lighthearted and lively
- Māori: ngangahau — lighthearted and lively
- Romanian: vioi — lighthearted and lively
- Russian: жизнера́достный (žiznerádostnyj) — lighthearted and lively
- Swedish: nyter — lighthearted and lively
- Swedish: yster — lighthearted and lively