fluctuate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus.

Verb

fluctuate (third-person singular simple present fluctuates, present participle fluctuating, simple past and past participle fluctuated)

(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
(intransitive) To undulate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.

Related terms

fluctuant

Translations

to vary irregularly; to swing

Bulgarian: колебая се (kolebaja se), меня се (menja se)
Catalan: fluctuar (ca)
Czech: kolísat
Finnish: heilahdella (fi), vaihdella (fi), heittelehtiä
French: fluctuer (fr)
German: schwanken (de), fluktuieren (de)
Greek: κυμαίνομαι (el) (kymaínomai)

Hungarian: ingadozik (hu)
Ido: fluktuar (io)
Maori: manei, mānenei
Norwegian: svinge (no), fluktuere
Persian: نوسان کردن‎ (navasân kardan)
Russian: колеба́ться (ru) impf (kolebátʹsja), меня́ться (ru) impf (menjátʹsja)

to undulate

Bulgarian: меня (bg) (menja), варирам (bg) (variram)
Catalan: fluctuar (ca)
French: onduler (fr)

Greek: κυμαίνομαι (el) (kymaínomai)
Hungarian: hullámzik (hu)
Russian: меня́ться (ru) impf (menjátʹsja), варьи́ровать (ru) impf (varʹírovatʹ)

to cause to vary irregularly

Finnish: heilutella (fi), heilautella (fi), heitellä (fi)

Latin

Verb

fluctuāte

second-person plural present active imperative of fluctuō