🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fluctuation des prix

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fluk.ty.a.sjɔ̃ de pʁi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Price fluctuation/praɪs ˈflʌk.tʃuːˌeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les entreprises doivent s'adapter à la fluctuation des prix du pétrole."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Frequent changes in the cost or value of a commodity, security, or service over a given period.

    "The company adjusted its quarterly budget to account for unexpected price fluctuation in raw materials."
  2. 2

    The degree or magnitude to which market prices rise and fall unpredictably.

    "High price fluctuation in cryptocurrency markets makes short-term investing particularly risky."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'price', derived from the Latin 'pretium' (meaning reward, prize, or value), and 'fluctuation', originating from the Latin 'fluctuare' (meaning to wave or toss about, from 'fluctus' meaning wave). First established in economic discourse during the late 18th century as industrial markets expanded, it metaphorically captures the continuous wave-like rise and fall of market values.

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🇫🇷French → English

fluctuation des prix

Transliteration: fluk.ty.a.sjɔ̃ de pʁi

"Les entreprises doivent s'adapter à la fluctuation des prix du pétrole."

🇩🇪German → English

Preisschwankung

Transliteration: ˈpʁaɪsˌʃvaŋkʊŋ

"Die starke Preisschwankung auf dem Energiemarkt bereitet Verbrauchern Sorgen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

fluctuazione dei prezzi

Transliteration: fluk.twa.tsjoˈne dei ˈprɛt.tsi

Script: fluttuazione dei prezzi

"Gli agricoltori subiscono le conseguenze della continua fluttuazione dei prezzi."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

fluctuación de precios

Transliteration: fluk.twa.sjoˈn de ˈpɾe.sjos

"La fluctuación de precios afecta directamente el poder adquisitivo de los ciudadanos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

flutuação de preços

Transliteration: flu.tu.aˈsɐ̃w dʒi ˈpɾe.sus

"O governo tentou conter a flutuação de preços no setor alimentício."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

मूल्य उतार-चढ़ाव

Transliteration: mūlya utār-chaṛhāv

"बाजार में मूल्य उतार-चढ़ाव के कारण निवेशकों को सावधानी बरतनी चाहिए।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

价格波动

Transliteration: jiàgé bōdòng

"通货膨胀导致了日常消费品的剧烈价格波动。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

가격 변동

Transliteration: gagyeok byeondong

"원자재의 가격 변동은 제조업체에 큰 타격을 줍니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

価格変動

Transliteration: kakaku hendō

"外国為替市場における価格変動は予測が難しい。"

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