seldom

Significado (Inglês)

Adv

Infrequently, rarely.

Adj

Rare; infrequent.

Conceitos

raramente

infrequentemente

de forma infrequente

Oposto de

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

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

selten

rarement

raramente

zelden

raramente

raro

σπάνια

rara vez

rarament

seyrek

di rado

az

🤏

rare

zeldzaam

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɛldəm/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: seldom

Herdado de inglês arcaico: seldan

Cognato com Saterfriesisch: säilden

Cognato com frísio ocidental: selden

Cognato com holandês: zelden

Cognato com alemão: selten

Cognato com dinamarquês: sjælden

Cognato com norueguês: sjelden

Cognato com sueco: sällan

Cognato com feroês: sjáldan

Cognato com islandês: 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.

Frases

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