souvent

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde, morphologically sub +‎ inde. The original meaning of subinde was “immediately after”, which then evolved to “repeatedly” and then to “often”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /su.vɑ̃/ === Adverb === 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 ==== Haitian Creole: souvan Volapük : suvo === References === === Further reading === “souvent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde. === Adverb === souvent often