Meanings
nounbuoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural buoyancies)
plural buoyancies
- broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableResilience or cheerfulness.
With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring!
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 82
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe property of something weightless and insubstantial
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dryfvermoë, dryfvermoë
- dryfvermoëphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- dryfvermoëability to stay afloat
Arabic طَفْو, طُفُوّ
- طَفْو (ṭafw)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- طُفُوّ (ṭufuww)physics: upward force on an immersed body
Bulgarian плаваемост, плаваемост
- плаваемост (plavaemost)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- плаваемост (plavaemost)ability to stay afloat
Chinese Mandarin 浮力
- 浮力 (fúlì)physics: upward force on an immersed body
Czech vztlak
- vztlakphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Danish opdrift
- opdriftphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Dutch opwaartse kracht, drijfvermogen
- opwaartse krachtphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- drijfvermogenphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- drijfvermogenability to stay afloat
- vrolijkheidresilience or cheerfulness
- hilariteitresilience or cheerfulness
Finnish noste, kelluvuus
- nostephysics: upward force on an immersed body
- kelluvuusability to stay afloat
- palautuvuusresilience or cheerfulness
- hilpeysresilience or cheerfulness
French poussée d'Archimède, flottabilité
- poussée d'Archimèdephysics: upward force on an immersed body
- flottabilitéphysics: upward force on an immersed body
German Auftrieb, Schwimmfähigkeit
- Auftriebphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- Schwimmfähigkeitability to stay afloat
- Belastbarkeitresilience or cheerfulness
- Fröhlichkeitresilience or cheerfulness
- Heiterkeitresilience or cheerfulness
Greek άνωση, άντωση
- άνωση (ánosi)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- άντωση (ántosi)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- πλευστότητα (plefstótita)ability to stay afloat
- ανάταση (anátasi)resilience or cheerfulness
Hindi उत्प्लावकता, उत्प्लावन
- उत्प्लावकता (utplāvaktā)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- उत्प्लावन (utplāvan)physics: upward force on an immersed body
Hungarian felhajtóerő
- felhajtóerőphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Irish buacacht, buacacht
- buacachtphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- buacachtability to stay afloat
Italian spinta, spinta statica
- spintaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- spinta staticaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- forza ascensionalephysics: upward force on an immersed body
- spinta idrostaticaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- galleggiabilitàability to stay afloat
- vivacitàresilience or cheerfulness
- ottimismoresilience or cheerfulness
Japanese 浮力, 回復
- 浮力 (furyoku)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- 回復resilience or cheerfulness
- 快活 (kaikatsu)resilience or cheerfulness
Latin anosa, antosa
- anosaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- antosaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- buoyanciaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Māori pūrewatanga
- pūrewatangaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Norwegian Bokmål oppdrift, flyteevne
- oppdriftphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- flyteevneability to stay afloat
Polish siła wyporu, wypór
- siła wyporuphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- wypórphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Portuguese impulsão, empuxo
- impulsãophysics: upward force on an immersed body
- empuxophysics: upward force on an immersed body
Russian подъёмная си́ла, выта́лкивающая си́ла
- подъёмная си́ла (podʺjómnaja síla)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- выта́лкивающая си́ла (vytálkivajuščaja síla)physics: upward force on an immersed body
- плаву́честь (plavúčestʹ)ability to stay afloat
- жизнера́достность (žiznerádostnostʹ)resilience or cheerfulness
- оптими́зм (optimízm)resilience or cheerfulness
- позити́вный настро́й (pozitívnyj nastrój)resilience or cheerfulness
Spanish sustentación hidráulica, impulso para arriba
- sustentación hidráulicaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- impulso para arribaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- empuje hacia arribaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- sustentación fluídicaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- sustentamiento hidrodinámicaphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- flotabilidadability to stay afloat
- optimismoresilience or cheerfulness
Swedish lyftkraft, flytförmåga
- lyftkraftphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- flytförmågaability to stay afloat
Thai แรงลอยตัว
- แรงลอยตัว (rɛɛng-lɔɔi-dtuua)physics: upward force on an immersed body
Turkish kaldırma kuvveti, batmazlık
- kaldırma kuvvetiphysics: upward force on an immersed body
- batmazlıkability to stay afloat
Ukrainian пла́вність
- пла́вність (plávnistʹ)ability to stay afloat
Welsh hynofedd
- hynofeddphysics: upward force on an immersed body
Cite this entry
APA
buoyancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buoyancy
MLA
“buoyancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buoyancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buoyancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buoyancy.
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