🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fluctuer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: flyk.tɥe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fluctuate/ˈflʌk.tʃu.eɪt/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les prix des carburants ne cessent de fluctuer."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To change continually irregularly, especially up and down in amount, quality, or value.

    "Vegetable prices tend to fluctuate depending on the season and weather conditions."
  2. 2

    To rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

    "Her weight fluctuated between 60 and 65 kilograms throughout the year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb fluctuare meaning 'to flow, wave, or toss about', which stems from fluctus ('wave'), in turn coming from fluere ('to flow'). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, initially retaining literal nautical senses relating to waves before shifting metaphorically to describe continuous, irregular variations in level, price, or quality.

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