often

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒfən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒftən/
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• Received-Pronunciation, East-Anglia, Traditional: /ˈɔːfən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːftən/
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• General-American: /ˈɔfən/
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• General-American: /ˈɔftən/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑfən/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑftən/
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• Canada: /ˈɒfən/
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• Canada: /ˈɒftən/
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• US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: orphan (non-rhotic, lot–cloth split)
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• rhymes with -ɒfən
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• rhymes with -ɒftən
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 F AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AO1 F T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Cognates Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dikwels — frequently, many times
• Albanian: shpesh — frequently, many times
• Albanian: dendur — frequently, many times
• Arabic: كَثِيرًا (kaṯīran) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: غَالِبًا (ḡāliban) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: كَثِيرًا مَا (kaṯīran mā) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: غَالِبًا مَا (ḡāliban mā) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: طَالَمَا (ṭālamā) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: بالزاف (b-ez-zāf) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: غالبا (ḡāliban) — frequently, many times
• Arabic: غالبا ما (ḡāliban ma) — frequently, many times
• Armenian: հաճախ (hačax) — frequently, many times
• Azerbaijani: tez-tez — frequently, many times
• Bashkir: йыш (yış) — frequently, many times
• Basque: maiz — frequently, many times
• Belarusian: ча́ста (částa) — frequently, many times
• Bengali: প্রায়ই (praẏoi) — frequently, many times
• Breton: alies — frequently, many times
• Bulgarian: че́сто (čésto) — frequently, many times
• Burmese: မကြာခဏ (ma.krahka.na.) — frequently, many times
• Burmese: ခဏခဏ (hka.na.hka.na.) — frequently, many times
• Burmese: ခုတင်ခု (hku.tanghku.) — frequently, many times
• Catalan: sovint — frequently, many times
• Chinese Cantonese: 好多時 /好多时 (hou2 do1 si4) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Cantonese: 成日 (seng4 jat6) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Cantonese: 經常 /经常 (ging1 soeng4) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Mandarin: 經常 /经常 (jīngcháng) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Mandarin: 常常 (chángcháng) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Mandarin: 時常 /时常 (shícháng) — frequently, many times
• Chinese Mandarin: 往往 (wǎngwǎng) — frequently, many times
• Ngazidja Comorian: naɗi — frequently, many times
• Cornish: menowgh — frequently, many times
• Cornish: yn fenowgh — frequently, many times
• Cornish: lies gweyth — frequently, many times
• Cornish: lieskweyth — frequently, many times
• Cornish: lower gweyth — frequently, many times
• Czech: často — frequently, many times
• Dakota: s'a — frequently, many times
• Dakota: ižehaŋ — frequently, many times
• Danish: ofte — frequently, many times
• Danish: hyppigt — frequently, many times
• Dutch: vaak — frequently, many times
• Dutch: dikwijls — frequently, many times
• Dutch: menigmaal — frequently, many times
• Elfdalian: kringgt — frequently, many times
• Esperanto: ofte — frequently, many times
• Estonian: tihti — frequently, many times
• Estonian: sageli — frequently, many times
• Finnish: usein — frequently, many times
• Finnish: monesti — frequently, many times
• Finnish: monta kertaa — frequently, many times
• French: souvent — frequently, many times
• French: souventefois — frequently, many times
• Galician: a miúdo — frequently, many times
• Galician: frecuentemente — frequently, many times
• Galician: seguido — frequently, many times
• Georgian: ხშირად (xširad) — frequently, many times
• Georgian: ხშირ-ხშირად (xšir-xširad) — frequently, many times
• German: häufig — frequently, many times
• German: oft — frequently, many times
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta) — frequently, many times
• Greek: συχνά (sychná) — frequently, many times
• Ancient Greek: πολλά (pollá) — frequently, many times
• Ancient Greek: πολλάκις (pollákis) — frequently, many times
• Haitian Creole: souvan — frequently, many times
• Hebrew: לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת (l'itím k'rovót) — frequently, many times
• Hindi: प्रायः (prāyaḥ) — frequently, many times
• Hindi: अक्सर (aksar) — frequently, many times
• Hungarian: gyakran — frequently, many times
• Hungarian: sűrűn — frequently, many times
• Hungarian: sokszor — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: oft — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: ósjaldan — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: iðulega — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: oftlega — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: títt — frequently, many times
• Icelandic: þrá- — frequently, many times
• Ido: ofte — frequently, many times
• Indonesian: sering — frequently, many times
• Ingrian: tihtii — frequently, many times
• Interlingua: sovente — frequently, many times
• Irish: go minic — frequently, many times
• Italian: spesso — frequently, many times
• Italian: sovente — frequently, many times
• Japanese: よく (yoku) — frequently, many times
• Japanese: 度々 (tabitabi) — frequently, many times
• Japanese: 頻繁に (hinpan-ni) — frequently, many times
• Japanese: しばしば (shibashiba) — frequently, many times
• Javanese: kerep — frequently, many times
• Javanese: asring — frequently, many times
• Kashubian: czãsto — frequently, many times
• Kazakh: жиі (jiı) — frequently, many times
• Kazakh: жиі-жиі (jiı-jiı) — frequently, many times
• Khmer: ញឹកញាប់ (ñɨk ñŏəp) — frequently, many times
• Kikuyu: kaingĩ — frequently, many times
• Korean: 수시로 (susiro) — frequently, many times
• Korean: 자주 (jaju) — frequently, many times
• Korean: 흔히 (heunhi) — frequently, many times
• Central Kurdish: گەلێ جار (gelê car) — frequently, many times
• Central Kurdish: زۆر جار (zor car) — frequently, many times
• Central Kurdish: بارەھا (bareha) — frequently, many times
• Kyrgyz: жыш (jış) — frequently, many times
• Kyrgyz: тез-тез (tez-tez) — frequently, many times
• Ladin: suënz — frequently, many times
• Ladin: suvënz (gherdëina) — frequently, many times
• Ladin: gonot (badiot) — frequently, many times
• Ladino: akoruto — frequently, many times
• Lao: ຄ້ອຍ (khǭi) — frequently, many times
• Lao: ຈະໄຈ້ (cha chai) — frequently, many times
• Lao: ບ່ອຍ (bǭi) — frequently, many times
• Latin: saepe — frequently, many times
• Latin: saepenumerō — frequently, many times
• Latvian: bieži — frequently, many times
• Lithuanian: dažnai — frequently, many times
• Livonian: saggõld — frequently, many times
• Low German: oft — frequently, many times
• Low German: faken — frequently, many times
• Low German: vaken — frequently, many times
• Luxembourgish: dacks — frequently, many times
• Luxembourgish: oft — frequently, many times
• Macedonian: често (često) — frequently, many times
• Malay: sering — frequently, many times
• Malay: kerap — frequently, many times
• Malay: selalu — frequently, many times
• Maltese: spiss — frequently, many times
• Māori: putuputu — frequently, many times
• Māori: pūputu — frequently, many times
• Marathi: बहुधा (bahudhā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: खूपदा (khūpdā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: खूप वेळा (khūp veḷā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: बर्याचदा (baryācdā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: अनेकदा (anekdā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: पुष्कळदा (puṣkaḷdā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: बर्याच वेळा (baryāc veḷā) — frequently, many times
• Marathi: अनेक वेळा (anek veḷā) — frequently, many times
• Mongolian: байн байн (bajn bajn) — frequently, many times
• Mongolian: үргэлж (ürgelž) — frequently, many times
• Norwegian: ofte — frequently, many times
• Norwegian: hyppig — frequently, many times
• Ojibwe: moozhag — frequently, many times
• Old English: oft — frequently, many times
• Old Norse: opt — frequently, many times
• Persian: اغلب (aġlab) — frequently, many times
• Persian: بارها (bârhâ) — frequently, many times
• Plautdietsch: foaken — frequently, many times
• Polish: często — frequently, many times
• Portuguese: frequentemente — frequently, many times
• Portuguese: seguido — frequently, many times
• Portuguese: amiúde — frequently, many times
• Romanian: des — frequently, many times
• Romansh: savens — frequently, many times
• Russian: ча́сто (částo) — frequently, many times
• Russian: зачасту́ю (začastúju) — frequently, many times
• Russian: часте́нько (časténʹko) — frequently, many times
• Scots: aften — frequently, many times
• Scottish Gaelic: gu tric — frequently, many times
• Scottish Gaelic: tric — frequently, many times
• Serbo-Croatian: че̑сто — frequently, many times
• Serbo-Croatian: čȇsto — frequently, many times
• Slovak: často — frequently, many times
• Slovene: pogósto — frequently, many times
• Lower Sorbian: cesto — frequently, many times
• Spanish: a menudo — frequently, many times
• Spanish: seguido — frequently, many times
• Spanish: soler — frequently, many times
• Spanish: acostumbrar (a) — frequently, many times
• Swahili: mara nyingi — frequently, many times
• Swedish: ofta — frequently, many times
• Tagalog: madalas — frequently, many times
• Tajik: зич (zič) — frequently, many times
• Tajik: ағлаб (aġlab) — frequently, many times
• Tamil: அடிக்கடி (aṭikkaṭi) — frequently, many times
• Tamil: பலநேரம் (palanēram) — frequently, many times
• Tamil: அவ்வப்பொழுது (avvappoḻutu) — frequently, many times
• Tatar: еш (yış) — frequently, many times
• Telugu: తరచూ (taracū) — frequently, many times
• Telugu: తరచుగా (taracugā) — frequently, many times
• Thai: บ่อย (bɔ̀i) — frequently, many times
• Turkish: sık — frequently, many times
• Turkish: sık sık — frequently, many times
• Turkmen: aglaba — frequently, many times
• Turkmen: ýygy — frequently, many times
• Turkmen: ýygy-ýygydan — frequently, many times
• Ukrainian: ча́сто (částo) — frequently, many times
• Urdu: اکثر (aksar) — frequently, many times
• Uzbek: tez-tez — frequently, many times
• Uzbek: ko’pincha — frequently, many times
• Vietnamese: thường — frequently, many times
• Vietnamese: hay — frequently, many times
• Vietnamese: luôn — frequently, many times
• Vietnamese: thường hay — frequently, many times
• Volapük: suvo — frequently, many times
• Walloon: sovint — frequently, many times
• Welsh: yn aml — frequently, many times
• Welsh: yn fynych — frequently, many times
• Woiwurrung: mel-boo — frequently, many times
• Yiddish: אָפֿט (oft) — frequently, many times