fluctuate

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
2. (intransitive) To undulate.
3. (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
4. (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
5. (also, figuratively, literally, rare) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Tossed up and down the waves.
2. (broadly, obsolete) Wavering, fickle.

Concepts

fluctuer

varier

osciller

hésiter

vaciller

onduler

remuer

secouer

se déplacer

travailler

être influencé

balancer

être touché

barguigner

bouger

changer

flotter

Synonymes

change

waver

vary

vacillate

swing

shift

oscillate

undulate

alter

shake

🫨

sway

modify

move

operate

run

vibrate

falter

work

become different

float about

stir

surge

hesitate

alternate

shuttlecock

stagger

surging

swing to and fro

transferred

transform

unsteady

up and down

veer

wag

wave

👋

wobble

be touched

be transferred

be uncertain

wave motion

be influenced

be irresolute

rock to and fro

impulsive motion

undulatory motion

about-face

wave-motion

bandy

billow

budge

Traductions

oscillare

fluctuar

fluttuare

fluktuieren

schwanken

fluctuar

oscilar

διακυμαίνομαι

κυμαίνομαι

değişmek

weifelen

flutuar

oscilar

schommelen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested in the 1630'; borrowed from Latin flūctuātus, perfect passive participle of flūctuō (“(of the sea) to surge, swell; (of man) to waver, fluctuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).