Standard Lemma guide

infrequent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F R IY1 K W AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not frequent; not happening frequently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • infrequent outbursts of temper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: frequent

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English frequent English infrequent From in- + frequent.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рядък (rjadǎk) — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Catalan: infreqüent — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Czech: vzácný — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Czech: neobvyklý — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Czech: řídký — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Esperanto: malofta — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Finnish: harvinainen — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Finnish: harva — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • German: selten — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Hindi: विरल (viral) — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Irish: ainmhinic — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Italian: infrequente — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Italian: raro — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjelden — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjeldan — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Russian: неча́стый (nečástyj) — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Spanish: infrecuente — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Spanish: poco frecuente — Not frequent; not happening frequently
  • Spanish: nada frecuente — Not frequent; not happening frequently
Real reading context

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