buoyant

English

Adjective

buoyant (comparative more buoyant, superlative most buoyant)

1. having buoyancy; able to float
2. lighthearted and lively

   I’m in a buoyant mood.

Translations

able to float

• Dutch: drijvend (nl)
• Finnish: kelluva
• French: flottant (fr) m, flottante (fr) f
• German: schwimmend, schwimmfähig
• Maori: puhau (mi)
• Russian: плавучий (ru) (plavúčij)

• Serbian: plovan, plivajući
• Spanish: boyante (es)
• Swedish: flytande (sv)

lighthearted and lively

• Finnish: elävä (fi)
• German: beschwingt (de), heiter (de)

• Russian: жизнерадостный (ru) (žiznerádostnyj)
• Swedish: nyter (sv), yster (sv)

Related terms

• buoyancy
• buoy
• buoy up
• buoying

See also

• Archimedes' principle