English → Latin
“fluency” in Latin
mōbilitāsmobility, activity, speed, rapidity, quickness; changeableness, fickleness, inconstancylevitāslevity, lightness; fickleness, inconstancy, disloyaltyfacilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessness
The English word fluency itself goes back to Latin flŭentĭa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fluency
Of speech, linguae volubilitas or mobilitas; orationis celeritas; verborum expedita et profluens quodammodo celeritas: copia dicendi: expedita et perfacile currens oratio. Fluency in expression, facilitas (e.g., to acquire a perfect fluency in speaking, assequi firmam facilitatem, Quint., 10, 1, 59): that he may obtain greater fluency of speech, quo sit absolutius os (Quint., 1, 1, 37). [Vid: FLOW (of speech).]
Smoothness, levitas (as quality, also of expression).
Abundance, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fluency?
- The usual Latin words for “fluency” are mōbilitās, levitās, facilitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.