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"2": "enm",
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"4": "",
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"2": "säilden",
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},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”)",
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "komselden",
"t": "rare, seldom"
},
"expansion": "komselden (“rare, seldom”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zelden"
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"expansion": "Dutch zelden",
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "selten"
},
"expansion": "German selten",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "sjælden"
},
"expansion": "Danish sjælden",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "sjelden"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian sjelden",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sällan"
},
"expansion": "Swedish sällan",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "fo",
"2": "sjáldan"
},
"expansion": "Faroese sjáldan",
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "sjaldan"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic sjaldan",
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "seld"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "selly"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. Cognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.",
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{
"form": "more seldom",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "seldomer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most seldom",
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"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "seldomest",
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}
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"antonyms": [
{
"word": "often"
},
{
"word": "frequently"
},
{
"word": "often"
}
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"_dis": "49 49 1 1",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "barking dogs seldom bite"
},
{
"word": "a barking dog seldom bites"
},
{
"word": "opportunity seldom knocks twice"
},
{
"word": "seldom or ever"
},
{
"word": "seldomtimes"
},
{
"word": "unseldom"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They seldom come here now.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times",
"text": "People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71",
"text": "Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Infrequently, rarely."
],
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[
"Infrequently",
"infrequently"
],
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"rarely",
"rarely"
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{
"word": "barely"
},
{
"word": "hardly"
},
{
"word": "rarely"
},
{
"word": "scarcely"
},
{
"word": "infrequently"
},
{
"word": "seldomly"
},
{
"word": "rarely"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selde"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rrallë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nādiran",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "نَادِرًا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hazvadep",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "հազվադեպ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "gec-gec"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "gutxitan"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rédka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "рэ́дка"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kodapi",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "কদাপি"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjádko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ря́дко"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcaihkatachka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hprachkaung.hprachkai:",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rarament"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "talagsa"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "han² siu²",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "很少"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hou² siu²",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "好少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hěnshǎo",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "很少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "伄儅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diàodāng",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "伄𰁸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "zřídka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjælden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "zelden"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "malofte"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjáldan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harvoin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rarement"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "išviatad",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "იშვიათად"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spánia",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "σπάνια"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spaníōs",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "σπανίως"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "le'eteym rekhokót",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kabhī kabhī",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "कभी कभी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ritkán"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjaldan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "jarang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "go hannamh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "di rado"
},
{
"alt": "まれに, mare ni",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "稀に"
},
{
"alt": "めったに…ない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "with negative verbs",
"roman": "metta ni ... nai",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "滅多に…ない"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "malagad"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sirek",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "сирек"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɨn sǝv",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "មិនសូវ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jomchero…anke",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "좀체로…않게"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deumulge",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "드물게"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bedegman",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "بەدەگمان"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bǭ sū",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ບໍ່ສູ້"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārē"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārenter"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "reti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "retai"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nedažnai"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "retko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ретко"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "jarang"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rari"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xaajaa neg",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "хааяа нэг"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjelden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjeldan"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "wiikaa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nodrat",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ندرت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be nodrat",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "به ندرت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rzadko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rareori"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ре́дко"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ízredka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "и́зредка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ainneamh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ретко"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ријетко"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "retko"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "rijetko"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "zriedka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rédko"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rara vez"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nadra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sällan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "bihira"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nudratan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "нудратан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kušod-kušod",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "кушод-кушод"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "siräk",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "сирәк"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mâi-bɔ̀i",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ไม่บ่อย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nadiren"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rídko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "рі́дко"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrídka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "зрі́дка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kabhī kabhī",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "کبھی کبھی"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "oz"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ít khi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selediko"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "seledo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "anfynych"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zeltn",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "זעלטן"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛldəm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛldəm"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "seldome"
}
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"3": "seldom"
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"ref": "2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "نَادِرًا"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hazvadep",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "հազվադեպ"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "gec-gec"
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{
"code": "eu",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "gutxitan"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "рэ́дка"
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "কদাপি"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ря́дко"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcaihkatachka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲ"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rarament"
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{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "talagsa"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "han² siu²",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "很少"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hou² siu²",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "很少"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "伄儅"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diàodāng",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "伄𰁸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "zřídka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjælden"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "malofte"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harva"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjáldan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harvoin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rarement"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "išviatad",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "იშვიათად"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selten"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "σπάνια"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spaníōs",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "σπανίως"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "le'eteym rekhokót",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kabhī kabhī",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "कभी कभी"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ritkán"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjaldan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "jarang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "go hannamh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "di rado"
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{
"alt": "まれに, mare ni",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "稀に"
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{
"alt": "めったに…ない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "with negative verbs",
"roman": "metta ni ... nai",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "滅多に…ない"
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{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "malagad"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sirek",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "сирек"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɨn sǝv",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "មិនសូវ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jomchero…anke",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "좀체로…않게"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deumulge",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "드물게"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bedegman",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "بەدەگمان"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bǭ sū",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ບໍ່ສູ້"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārē"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārenter"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rārō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "reti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "retai"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nedažnai"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "retko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ретко"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "jarang"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rari"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xaajaa neg",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "хааяа нэг"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjelden"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjeldan"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "wiikaa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nodrat",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ندرت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be nodrat",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "به ندرت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rzadko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rareori"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ре́дко"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ízredka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "и́зредка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ainneamh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ретко"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ријетко"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "retko"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "rijetko"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "zriedka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rédko"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rara vez"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nadra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sällan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "bihira"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nudratan",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "нудратан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kušod-kušod",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "кушод-кушод"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "siräk",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "сирәк"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mâi-bɔ̀i",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ไม่บ่อย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nadiren"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rídko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "рі́дко"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrídka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "зрі́дка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kabhī kabhī",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "کبھی کبھی"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "oz"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ít khi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selediko"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "seledo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "anfynych"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zeltn",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "זעלטן"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Rhymes:English/ɛldəm",
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{
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"2": "zelden"
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},
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"form": "seldomer",
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"comparative"
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}
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"ref": "1850, Vignaud Pamphlets: Sir Isaac Newton, page 513",
"text": "He was very curious in his garden, which was never out of order; in which he would at seldom times take a short walk or two, not enduring to see a weed in it.",
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}
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],
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{
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"word": "rare"
}
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛldəm"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-seldom.ogg",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "seldome"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjadǎk",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "рядък"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "ongewoon"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣaribi",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "ღარიბი"
}
],
"word": "seldom"
}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English"
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