FromOld French frequent Latin frequens ( “ crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc. ” ) , possibly from aProto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- ( “ to cram together ” ) .[ 1] [ 2]
frequent (comparative morefrequent or frequenter superlative mostfrequent or frequentest
Done or occurringoften ;common .I takefrequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
There arefrequent trains to the beach available.
I am afrequent visitor to that city.
1999 The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy [1] Routledge ,→ISBN 489 :During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him intofrequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...]
Occurring at short intervals.1816 Lord Byron , “Canto III”, inChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third [ … ] [ F] or John Murray , [ … ] →OCLC page31 :Above, thefrequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.1709 Jonathan Swift ],A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Benj[ amin] Tooke, [ … ] →OCLC page59 :[E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud andfrequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.
( obsolete ) ( obsolete ) done or occurring often
Arabic:مُتَكَرِّر ( mutakarrir ) Asturian:frecuente (ast) Belarusian:ча́сты ( částy ) Bulgarian:чест (bg) ( čest ) Catalan:freqüent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:頻繁 / 频繁 (zh) ( pínfán ) Czech:častý (cs) m Danish:hyppig (da) ,tit ofte (da) Dutch:veelvuldig (nl) ,frequent (nl) Esperanto:ofta (eo) Finnish:yleinen (fi) ,toistuva (fi) ,jatkuva (fi) ,taaja (fi) ,usein tapahtuva French:fréquent (fr) m fréquente (fr) f Georgian:ხშირი ( xširi ) German:häufig (de) Greek:συχνός (el) ( sychnós ) Ancient:συχνός ( sukhnós ) ,πυκνός ( puknós ) Hindi:बार बार ( bār bār ) ,बारंबार (hi) ( bārambār ) Hungarian:gyakori (hu) Icelandic:tíður Irish:minic Italian:frequente (it) ,assiduo (it) Japanese:頻繁な (ja) ( ひんぱんな, hinpan na ) Korean:빈번한 (ko) ( binbeonhan ) Latin:frequēns saepis creber Latvian:biežs Lithuanian:dažnas Malay:kerap (ms) Manx:mennick Maori:pūputu putuputu auau Norwegian:hyppig (no) Old Norse:iðuligr iðugligr Polish:częsty (pl) Portuguese:freqüente (pt) m or f frequente (pt) Romanian:frecvent (ro) Russian:ча́стый (ru) ( částyj ) Scottish Gaelic:minig Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:чест Roman:čest (sh) Slovak:častý Spanish:frecuente (es) Turkish:sıkça (tr) Ukrainian:ча́стий ( částyj ) Vietnamese:thường xuyên (vi) Welsh:aelaw aml (cy)
FromOld French frequenter Latin frequentare ( “ to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc. ” ) , fromfrequens ( “ frequent, crowded ” ) .
frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents present participle frequenting simple past and past participle frequented
( transitive ) I used tofrequent that restaurant.
to visit often
Arabic:اِرْتَادَ ( irtāda ) Bulgarian:посещавам често ( poseštavam često ) Catalan:freqüentar (ca) Czech:často chodit pravidelně navštěvovat Danish:besøge (da) ,frekventere (da) Esperanto:vizitadi (eo) Finnish:käydä usein French:fréquenter (fr) ,hanter (fr) Galician:frecuentar (gl) ,amiudar Greek:Ancient Greek:φοιτάω ( phoitáō ) Hungarian:látogat (hu) ,jár (hu) ,eljár (hu) Icelandic:stunda (is) ,sækja venja komur sínar á venja komur sínar í Irish:minicigh Italian:frequentare (it) Maori:hōngongoi hōngoingoi muremure Occitan:frequentar (oc) Polish:uczęszczać (pl) ,bywać (pl) impf Portuguese:frequentar (pt) Russian:ча́сто посеща́ть ( částo poseščátʹ ) ,захаживать (ru) ( zaxaživatʹ ) ,части́ть (ru) impf ( častítʹ ) Spanish:frecuentar (es) ,prodigarse (es) ( Spain )
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ), “frequēns ”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN page242 ^ Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English “frequent ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “frequent ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC Borrowed fromFrench frequent
IPA (key ) : /frɛˈkʋɛnt/ Hyphenation:fre‧quent Rhymes:-ɛnt frequent (comparative frequenter superlative frequentst
frequent Synonyms: veelvuldig vaak Borrowed fromLatin frequens
IPA (key ) : [fʁeˈkvɛnt] Hyphenation:fre‧quent frequent (strong nominative masculine singular frequenter comparative frequenter superlative am frequentesten
( formal ) frequent Synonyms: häufig zahlreich ( medicine , dated , heart rate ) accelerated Positive forms offrequent
Comparative forms offrequent
Superlative forms offrequent
“frequent ” inDuden online “frequent ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache frequent m oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente
frequent often 
