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fluttuante

fluctuating

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Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Origin: From Latin fluctuare ('to undulate').

Also means

floating

Usage Note

Fluttuante describes something that rises and falls without settling — prices, exchange rates, moods, or populations. I prezzi fluttuanti means 'fluctuating prices'. It is the present participle of fluttuare used as an adjective, so it does not change for gender in the singular (fluttuante m/f) but adds -i in the plural (fluttuanti). In finance and economics it is a standard technical term.

Examples

"Il tasso di cambio è ancora fluttuante."

Natural Translation

The exchange rate is still fluctuating.

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