fluid

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfluːɪd/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈflʉwɪd/
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• US: /ˈflu.ɪd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈflʉːɪd/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈflʉ.ɪd/
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• Wales: /ˈflɪu̯.ɪd/
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• obsolete: /ˈfljuːɪd/
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• rhymes with -uːɪd
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• CMU ARPABET: F L UW1 AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F L UW1 IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fluidusder. Middle English fluid English fluid From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh1- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek φλύειν (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-, but is distantly related from English bleat.

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հեղուկ (heġuk) — of or relating to fluid
• Bashkir: шыйыҡ (şıyıq) — of or relating to fluid
• Bulgarian: течен (tečen) — of or relating to fluid
• Bulgarian: течлив (tečliv) — of or relating to fluid
• Czech: tekutý — of or relating to fluid
• Czech: fluidní — of or relating to fluid
• Danish: flydende — of or relating to fluid
• Dutch: vloeibaar — of or relating to fluid
• Esperanto: likva — of or relating to fluid
• Finnish: fluidi- — of or relating to fluid
• French: fluide — of or relating to fluid
• Georgian: თხევადი (txevadi) — of or relating to fluid
• German: flüssig — of or relating to fluid
• Ancient Greek: ὑγρός (hugrós) — of or relating to fluid
• Hindi: द्रव (drav) — of or relating to fluid
• Italian: fluido — of or relating to fluid
• Northern Kurdish: şilemenî — of or relating to fluid
• Latin: fluidus — of or relating to fluid
• Latvian: šķidrs — of or relating to fluid
• Māori: kūtere — of or relating to fluid
• Norwegian Bokmål: flytende — of or relating to fluid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flytande — of or relating to fluid
• Plautdietsch: flissent — of or relating to fluid
• Polish: płynny — of or relating to fluid
• Polish: płynowy — of or relating to fluid
• Polish: ciekły — of or relating to fluid
• Polish: cieczowy — of or relating to fluid
• Portuguese: fluido — of or relating to fluid
• Punjabi: ਤਰਲ (taral) — of or relating to fluid
• Romanian: fluid — of or relating to fluid
• Russian: жи́дкий (žídkij) — of or relating to fluid
• Spanish: fluido — of or relating to fluid
• Swedish: flytande — of or relating to fluid
• Turkish: akışkan — of or relating to fluid
• Bulgarian: непостоянен (nepostojanen) — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Bulgarian: променлив (promenliv) — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Czech: proměnlivý — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Danish: flydende — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Danish: omskiftelig — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Dutch: vloeibaar — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Dutch: vloeibare — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Dutch: fluïde — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Finnish: muuttuvainen — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Greek: ρευστό σκηνικό (refstó skinikó) — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Italian: fluido — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Norwegian Bokmål: flytende — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flytande — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Polish: płynny — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Portuguese: fluido — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Russian: теку́чий (tekúčij) — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Russian: ги́бкий (gíbkij) — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Swedish: flytande — in a state of flux; subject to change
• Czech: plynulý — moving smoothly
• Danish: flydende — moving smoothly
• Dutch: vloeiend — moving smoothly
• Dutch: vloeiende — moving smoothly
• Esperanto: flua — moving smoothly
• Finnish: sulava — moving smoothly
• German: fließend — moving smoothly
• Māori: kutere — moving smoothly
• Norwegian Bokmål: flytende — moving smoothly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flytande — moving smoothly
• Polish: płynny — moving smoothly
• Portuguese: fluido — moving smoothly
• Russian: пла́вный (plávnyj) — moving smoothly
• Scottish Gaelic: siùbhlach — moving smoothly
• Bulgarian: ликвиден (likviden) — convertible into cash
• Dutch: incasseerbaar — convertible into cash
• Dutch: incasseerbare — convertible into cash
• Finnish: likvidoitava — convertible into cash
• Finnish: likvidoitavissa oleva — convertible into cash
• German: flüssig — convertible into cash
• Indonesian: cair — convertible into cash
• Italian: liquido — convertible into cash
• Polish: płynny — convertible into cash
• Portuguese: líquido — convertible into cash
• Russian: ликви́дный (likvídnyj) — convertible into cash
• Arabic: سَائِل (sāʔil) — any state of matter which can flow
• Arabic: مَائِع (māʔiʕ) — any state of matter which can flow
• Armenian: հեղուկ (heġuk) — any state of matter which can flow
• Bulgarian: флуид (fluid) — any state of matter which can flow
• Catalan: fluid — any state of matter which can flow
• Chinese Mandarin: 流體 /流体 (liútǐ) — any state of matter which can flow
• Czech: kapalina — any state of matter which can flow
• Czech: tekutina — any state of matter which can flow
• Danish: væske — any state of matter which can flow
• Dutch: fluïdum — any state of matter which can flow
• Egyptian: r:Dw-w-Aa2:H_SPACE (rḏw) — any state of matter which can flow
• Esperanto: likvo — any state of matter which can flow
• Finnish: fluidi — any state of matter which can flow
• Finnish: juokseva aine — any state of matter which can flow
• Finnish: virtaava aine — any state of matter which can flow
• French: fluide — any state of matter which can flow
• Georgian: სითხე (sitxe) — any state of matter which can flow
• German: Fluid — any state of matter which can flow
• German: Flüssigkeit — any state of matter which can flow
• Greek: ρευστό (refstó) — any state of matter which can flow
• Ancient Greek: χύμα (khúma) — any state of matter which can flow
• Gujarati: પ્રવાહી (pravāhī) — any state of matter which can flow
• Hebrew: נוזל — any state of matter which can flow
• Hindi: द्रव (drav) — any state of matter which can flow
• Hindi: तरल (taral) — any state of matter which can flow
• Hungarian: folyadék — any state of matter which can flow
• Icelandic: straumefni — any state of matter which can flow
• Icelandic: kvikefni — any state of matter which can flow
• Indonesian: fluida — any state of matter which can flow
• Interlingua: fluido — any state of matter which can flow
• Irish: sreabhán — any state of matter which can flow
• Italian: fluido — any state of matter which can flow
• Japanese: 流体 (ryūtai) — any state of matter which can flow
• Japanese: 液体 (ekitai) — any state of matter which can flow
• Korean: 유체 (yuche) — any state of matter which can flow
• Korean: 유동체 (yudongche) — any state of matter which can flow
• Latin: latex — any state of matter which can flow
• Latin: liquidus — any state of matter which can flow
• Latin: fūsilis — any state of matter which can flow
• Latvian: šķidrums — any state of matter which can flow
• Macedonian: течност (tečnost) — any state of matter which can flow
• Malay: بندالير (bendalir) — any state of matter which can flow
• Malayalam: ദ്രാവകം (drāvakaṁ) — any state of matter which can flow
• Māori: kūtere — any state of matter which can flow
• Māori: wē — any state of matter which can flow
• Mohawk: ohné꞉ka — any state of matter which can flow
• Norwegian Bokmål: væske — any state of matter which can flow
• Norwegian Bokmål: fluid — any state of matter which can flow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: væske — any state of matter which can flow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fluid — any state of matter which can flow
• Pannonian Rusyn: чечносц (čečnosc) — any state of matter which can flow
• Polish: płyn — any state of matter which can flow
• Polish: ciecz — any state of matter which can flow
• Portuguese: fluido — any state of matter which can flow
• Romanian: fluid — any state of matter which can flow
• Russian: жи́дкость (žídkostʹ) — any state of matter which can flow
• Russian: флюи́д (fljuíd) — any state of matter which can flow
• Serbo-Croatian: течност — any state of matter which can flow
• Serbo-Croatian: tečnost — any state of matter which can flow
• Slovene: tekočína — any state of matter which can flow
• Spanish: fluido — any state of matter which can flow
• Swedish: vätska — any state of matter which can flow
• Tagalog: lapuyot — any state of matter which can flow
• Thai: ของไหล (kɔ̌ɔng-lǎi) — any state of matter which can flow
• Turkish: akışkan — any state of matter which can flow
• Vietnamese: chất lưu — any state of matter which can flow
• Chinese Mandarin: 液體 /液体 (yètǐ) — liquid — see also liquid
• Dutch: vloeistof — liquid — see also liquid
• Estonian: vedelik — liquid — see also liquid
• Finnish: neste — liquid — see also liquid
• French: liquide — liquid — see also liquid
• Hindi: द्रव (drav) — liquid — see also liquid
• Hindi: तरल (taral) — liquid — see also liquid
• Indonesian: cairan — liquid — see also liquid
• Irish: sreabhán — liquid — see also liquid
• Malayalam: ദ്രാവകം (drāvakaṁ) — liquid — see also liquid
• Portuguese: fluido — liquid — see also liquid
• Portuguese: líquido — liquid — see also liquid
• Russian: жи́дкость (žídkostʹ) — liquid — see also liquid