frequent

See also: fréquent and freqüent

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek (“to cram together”).

PronunciationEdit

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/

• Audio (US)

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AdjectiveEdit

frequent (comparative more frequent or frequenter, superlative most frequent or frequentest)

1. Done or occurring often; common.

   I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.

   There are frequent trains to the beach available.

   I am a frequent visitor to that city.

2. Occurring at short intervals.
   • Byron

     frequent feudal towers

3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
   • Jonathan Swift

     He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.

4. (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
   • Ben Jonson

     'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.

5. (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
   • Massinger

     'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.

Related termsEdit

• frequency
• frequently
• infrequent
• frequently asked question (FAQ)

AntonymsEdit

• rare

TranslationsEdit

done or occurring often

• Arabic: مُتَكَرِّر‏‎ (mutakarrir)
• Belarusian: часты (částy)
• Bulgarian: чест (bg) (čest)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頻繁 (zh), 频繁 (zh) (pínfán)

• Czech: častý (cs) m
• Dutch: veelvuldig (nl), frequent (nl)
• Esperanto: ofta (eo)
• French: fréquent (fr) m, fréquente (fr) f
• Georgian: ხშირი (xširi)
• German: häufig (de)
• Greek: συχνός (el) (sychnós)
• Hindi: बार बार (bār bār), बारंबार (hi) (bārambār)
• Hungarian: gyakori (hu)
• Icelandic: tíður m, tíð (is) f, títt n
• Irish: minic
• Italian: frequente (it), assiduo (it)
• Japanese: 頻繁な (ja) (ひんぱんな, hinpan na)
• Korean: 빈번한 (ko) (binbeon-han)
• Latin: frequens

• Latvian: biežs
• Lithuanian: dažnas
• Malay: kerap (ms)
• Manx: mennick
• Maori: pūputu, putuputu, auau
• Norwegian: hyppig (no)
• Old Norse: iðuligr, iðugligr
• Polish: częsty (pl)
• Portuguese: freqüente (pt) m, f, frequente (pt)
• Romanian: frecvent (ro)
• Russian: ча́стый (ru) (částyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: minig
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чест

  Roman: čest (sh)

• Slovak: častý
• Spanish: frecuente (es) m, f
• Turkish: sıkça (tr)
• Ukrainian: частий (částyj)
• Welsh: aelaw

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”)

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹɪˈkwɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

• Audio (US)

  (file)

VerbEdit

frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents, present participle frequenting, simple past and past participle frequented)

1. (transitive) To visit often.

   I used to frequent that restaurant.

Derived termsEdit

• frequenter
• unfrequented

TranslationsEdit

to visit often

• Bulgarian: посещавам често (poseštavam često)
• Catalan: freqüentar (ca)
• French: fréquenter (fr), hanter (fr)
• Hungarian: látogat (hu)
• Icelandic: stunda (is), sækja, venja komur sínar á, venja komur sínar í
• Irish: minicigh

• Italian: frequentare (it)
• Maori: hōngongoi, hōngoingoi
• Polish: uczęszczać (pl)
• Portuguese: frequentar (pt)
• Russian: ча́сто (ru) (částo) посеща́ть (ru) (poseščátʹ), захаживать (ru) (zaxaživatʹ)
• Spanish: frecuentar (es)

Further readingEdit

• frequent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• frequent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Old FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)

1. frequent; often

DeclensionEdit

Declension of frequent

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	frequenz	frequente	frequent
	Oblique	frequent	frequente	frequent
Plural	Subject	frequent	frequentes	frequent
	Oblique	frequenz	frequentes	frequent

DescendantsEdit

• English: frequent (borrowed)
• French: fréquent