"buoyant" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buoyant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more buoyant [comparative], most buoyant [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt Etymology: buoy + -ant Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|buoy|ant}} buoy + -ant Head templates: {{en-adj}} buoyant (comparative more buoyant, superlative most buoyant)
  1. Having buoyancy; able to float. Translations (able to float): drijvend (Dutch), ujuv (Estonian), kelluva (Finnish), flottant (French), flottable (French), schwimmend (German), schwimmfähig (German), flotaciva (Ido), пловен (ploven) (Macedonian), puhau (Maori), puwhau (Maori), plutitor (Romanian), flotant (Romanian), плаву́чий (plavúčij) (Russian), plovan (Serbo-Croatian), plivajući (Serbo-Croatian), boyante (Spanish), flytande (Swedish), плавни́й (plavnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-buoyant-en-adj-YwnRDMGv Disambiguation of 'able to float': 96 2 2
  2. (figuratively) Lighthearted and lively. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Personality Translations (lighthearted and lively): elurõõmus (Estonian), kepeä (Finnish), gai (French), léger (French), joyeux (French), beschwingt (German), heiter (German), lebhaft (German), lejera (Ido), vioi (Romanian), жизнера́достный (žiznerádostnyj) (Russian), nyter (Swedish), yster (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buoyant-en-adj-0hEOngC5 Disambiguation of Personality: 5 75 21 Disambiguation of 'lighthearted and lively': 1 98 1
  3. Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)
    Sense id: en-buoyant-en-adj-0HCz~8On Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 20 7 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buoyantly Related terms: buoyancy, buoy, buoy up, buoying, Archimedes' principle

Alternative forms

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