souvent
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde, which consists of sub + inde. The original meaning of subinde was “immediately after”, which then evolved to “repeatedly” and then to “often”.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
souvent
- often
- Synonym: fréquemment
- Antonym: rarement
- Hyponyms: à maintes reprises, maintes fois
- le plus souvent ― most often; more often than not
- le plus souvent possible, aussi souvent que possible ― as often as possible
- le moins souvent possible, aussi peu souvent que possible ― as infrequently as possible
- Je visite la France trop souvent. ― I visit France too often.
- Je n’y pense pas très souvent. ― I don't think of it very often.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading[edit]
- “souvent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde.
Adverb[edit]
souvent
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