seldom

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

Infrequently, rarely.

Adj

Rare; infrequent.

Concepts

rarement

rare

insuffisant

irréfléchi

un peu

emporté

un petit nombre

exceptionnel

Opposé de

often, frequently, rarely, forever, occasionally, never, once

Synonymes

rarely

infrequently

rare

not often

scarce

occasionally

hardly

little

scarcely

infrequent

few

🤏

once in a while

at long intervals

unoften

scarcity

sometimes

sparse

thoughtless

unusually

not likely

not very often

a few times

seld

a little

barely

blue moon

careless

exceptionally

from time to time

insufficient

much

never

now and then

once in a blue moon

reckless

scarcely ever

Traductions

selten

raramente

zelden

raramente

raramente

σπάνια

raro

rara vez

rarament

di rado

seyrek

az

🤏

nadiren

zeldzaam

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɛldəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: seldom

Hérité de ancien anglais: seldan

Appartenant à saterlandais: säilden

Appartenant à frison occidental: selden

Appartenant à néerlandais: zelden

Appartenant à allemand: selten

Appartenant à danois: sjælden

Appartenant à norvégien: sjelden

Appartenant à suédois: sällan

Appartenant à féroïen: sjáldan

Appartenant à islandais: sjaldan

In summary

From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden by analogy with adverbial datives such as whilom, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.

Phrases

So one seldom sees safety plays made at matchpoints or board-a-match.