Etymology
From Old English oft
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈɒfn/, /ˈɒftən/, X-SAMPA: /"Qfn/, /"Qft@n/
- Also IPA: /ˈɔːfn/, /ˈɔːftən/, X-SAMPA: /"O:fn/, /"O:ft@n/, at least in the US.
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- Rhymes: -ɒfən
- Hyphenation: of‧ten
Adverb
often (comparative more often or oftener, superlative most often or oftenest)
- Frequently, many times.
- I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
- I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
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Translations
Frequently, many times
- Albanian: shpesh (sq), shpesh (sq)
- Arabic: كثيرًا (ar) (kaṯīran), غالبًا (ar) (ġāliban)
- Armenian: հաճախ (hač̣ax)
- Basque: maiz (eu)
- Belarusian: часта (be) (částa)
- Breton: alies (br)
- Bulgarian: често (bg) (čésto)
- Catalan: sovint (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 常常 (cmn) (chángcháng), 經常 (cmn), 经常 (cmn) (jīngcháng), 時常 (cmn), 时常 (cmn) (shícháng), 往往 (cmn) (wǎngwǎng)
- Czech: často (cs)
- Dakota: s'a, ižehaŋ
- Dutch: vaak (nl), dikwijls (nl)
- Esperanto: ofte (eo)
- Estonian: tihti (et), sageli (et)
- Finnish: usein (fi)
- French: souvent (fr)
- Georgian: ხშირად (ka) (xširad) , ხშირ-ხშირად (ka) (xšir-xširad)
- German: häufig (de), oft (de)
- Greek: συχνά (sikhná)
- Haitian Creole: souvan
- Hebrew: לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת (he) (l'itím k'rovót)
- Hindi: अक्सर (hi) (aksar)
- Hungarian: gyakran (hu)
- Icelandic: oft (is), ósjaldan (is), iðulega (is), oftlega (is), títt (is), þrá- (is)
- Ido: ofte (io)
- Indonesian: sering (id)
- Interlingua: sovente (ia)
- Italian: spesso (it)
- Japanese: よく (ja) (yoku), 度々 (ja) (たびたび, tabitabi), 頻繁に (ja) (ひんぱんに, hinpan-ni), しばしば (ja) (shibashiba)
- Khmer: ញឹកញាប់ (km) (ñeuk ñōǝp)
- Korean: 수시로 (ko) (susiro), 자주 (ko) (jaju)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: گهلێ جار (ku) (gelé car)، زۆر جار (ku) (zor car), بارهها (ku) (bareha)
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- Latin: saepe (la), saepenumerō (la)
- Latvian: bieži (lv)
- Lithuanian: dažnai (lt)
- Low German: oft (nds), faken (nds), vaken (nds)
- Luxembourgish: dacks (lb)
- Macedonian: често (mk) (čésto)
- Malay: sering (ms), kerap (ms)
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: ofte (no), hyppig (no)
- Ojibwe: moozhag
- Old English: oft (ang)
- Persian: اغلب (fa) (ağlab)
- Polish: często (pl)
- Portuguese: freqüentemente (pt)
- Romanian: des (ro)
- Romansch: savens (rm)
- Russian: часто (ru) (částo)
- Scots: aften
- Scottish Gaelic: gu tric (gd), tric (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: че̑сто (sh)
- Roman: čȇsto (sh)
- Slovak: často (sk)
- Slovene: pogósto (sl)
- Spanish: a menudo (es), frecuentemente (es), seguido (es)
- Swedish: ofta (sv)
- Tamil: அடிக்கடி (ta) (adikadi), பலநேரம் (ta) (pala.naeram), அவ்வப்பொழுது (ta) (avvappolutu)
- Telugu: తరచూ (te) (tarachoo), తరచుగా (te) (tarachugaa)
- Thai: บ่อย (th) (bòi)
- Turkish: sık (tr), sık sık (tr)
- Ukrainian: часто (uk) (částo)
- Urdu: اکثر (ur) (aksar)
- Vietnamese: thường (vi), hay (vi), luôn (vi)
- Volapük: suvo (vo)
- Welsh: yn aml (cy)
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