seldom

(Inglese)

Adv

Infrequently, rarely.

Adj

Rare; infrequent.

Opposto di

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɛldəm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: seldom

Ereditato da inglese antico: seldan

Affine saterfriesisch: säilden

Affine frisone occidentale: selden

Affine olandese: zelden

Affine tedesco: selten

Affine danese: sjælden

Affine norvegese: sjelden

Affine svedese: sällan

Affine faroese: sjáldan

Affine islandese: 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.

Concetti

raramente

di rado

infrequentemente

raro

sinonimi

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

Frasi

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