often

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

Frequently; many times on different occasions.

Adj

Frequent.

Conceptes

sovint

freqüentment

amb freqüència

Oposat a

infrequently, occasionally, rarely, seldom, unoften, often

Sinònims

frequently

regularly

repeatedly

always

constantly

many times

oftentimes

usually

continually

habitually

frequent

commonly

again and again

perpetually

every now and then

normally

generally

oft

occasionally

ofttimes

invariably

over and over

sometimes

ever

many a time

very often

much

already

now and then

a lot

ordinarily

rapidly

as usual

lately

time and again

a great deal

so many times

steadily

still

substantially

tend to

twice

vastly

well

as formerly

continuous but slightly

not infrequently

oftentime

frequentry

oftener

Traduccions

souvent

oft

a menudo

spesso

häufig

vaak

dikwijls

sovente

frequentemente

frecuentemente

fréquemment

saepe

frequentemente

con frecuencia

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɒf(t)ən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: often

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: selden

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ofte

Heretat de anglès antic: oft

Cognat amb escocès: oftin

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: oftem

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: oafte

Cognat amb alemany: oft

Cognat amb alemany pennsilvanià: oft

Cognat amb danès: ofte

Cognat amb noruec bokmål: ofte

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: ofte

Cognat amb suec: ofta

Cognat amb islandès: oft

In summary

From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).

Frases

He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length .

The bases for these sculptures often are set in soil taken from these places .

The exact shape of the cavity is often dependent on how many lamps are used .

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

These often favour the major parties and discriminate against smaller , regional parties .

These were often produced by printers who specialised in them .