"sporadic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-sporadic.ogg [US] Forms: more sporadic [comparative], most sporadic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædɪk Etymology: From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|sporadicus}} Medieval Latin sporadicus, {{cog|fr|sporadique}} French sporadique, {{cog|it|sporadico}} Italian sporadico, {{cog|es|esporádico}} Spanish esporádico, {{der|en|grc|σποραδικός}} Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), {{m|grc|σποράς||scattered, dispersed}} σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), {{m|grc|σπορά}} σπορά (sporá), {{m|grc|σπόρος||a sowing 􂀿of seed􂁀}} σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)
  1. (archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-VzxDReBE
  2. Rare and scattered in occurrence. Translations (rare and scattered in occurrence): esporádicu (Asturian), спарады́чны (sparadýčny) (Belarusian), বিক্ষিপ্ত (bikkhipto) (Bengali), единичен (ediničen) (Bulgarian), случаен (slučaen) (Bulgarian), esporàdic (Catalan), 零星 (língxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哩哩啦啦 (līlīlālā) (Chinese Mandarin), 偶爾發生的 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶尔发生的 (ǒu'ěr fāshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無常 (Chinese Mandarin), 无常 (wúcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 散亂 (Chinese Mandarin), 散乱 (sànluàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ojedinělý (Czech), sporadický (Czech), sporadisk (Danish), sporadisch (Dutch), harvinainen (Finnish), satunnainen (Finnish), sporadinen (Finnish), sporadique (French), esporádico (Galician), sporadisch (German), sporadis (Indonesian), sporadico (Italian), 散発的な (sanpatsuteki na) (alt: さんぱつてきな) (Japanese), sporadisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sporadyczny (Polish), esporádico (Portuguese), pontual (Portuguese), споради́ческий (sporadíčeskij) (Russian), едини́чный (jediníčnyj) (Russian), случа́йный (slučájnyj) (Russian), спорадичан (Serbo-Croatian), sporadičan (Serbo-Croatian), esporádico (Spanish), sporadisk (Swedish), manaka-naka (Tagalog), ara sıra (Turkish), tek tük (Turkish), споради́чний (sporadýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-rGEeOTqq Disambiguation of 'rare and scattered in occurrence': 3 95 2
  3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless. Translations (exhibiting random behaviour): спорадичен (sporadičen) (Bulgarian), esporàdic (Catalan), satunnainen (Finnish), hajanainen (Finnish), sporadinen (Finnish), esporádico (Spanish), guadianesco [Spain] (Spanish), споради́чний (sporadýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sporadic-en-adj-ErlOz-iF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting random behaviour': 6 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sporadic E layer, sporadic group Related terms: sporadical, sporadically, sporadicalness

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French sporadique. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|sporadique|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French sporadique, {{bor+|ro|fr|sporadique}} Borrowed from French sporadique Head templates: {{ro-adj}} sporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadică, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: sporadică [feminine, singular], sporadici [masculine, plural], sporadice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sporadic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], sporadică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], sporadici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], sporadice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], sporadicul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], sporadica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], sporadicii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], sporadicele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], sporadic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], sporadice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], sporadici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], sporadice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], sporadicului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], sporadicei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], sporadicilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], sporadicelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. sporadic Tags: masculine, neuter Related terms: sporadicitate
    Sense id: en-sporadic-ro-adj-lKr7Yg8x Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
          "word": "pontual"
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          "word": "esporàdic"
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          "word": "hajanainen"
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        "(archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic."
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      "code": "ast",
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      "roman": "bikkhipto",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "বিক্ষিপ্ত"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "единичен"
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      "word": "случаен"
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      "word": "esporàdic"
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      "roman": "língxīng",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "零星"
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      "roman": "līlīlālā",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "哩哩啦啦"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "偶爾發生的"
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      "roman": "ǒu'ěr fāshēng de",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "偶尔发生的"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "無常"
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      "roman": "wúcháng",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "无常"
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "散亂"
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      "roman": "sànluàn",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "散乱"
    },
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "ojedinělý"
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadický"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisk"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "harvinainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "satunnainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadique"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadis"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadico"
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    {
      "alt": "さんぱつてきな",
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      "word": "散発的な"
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "esporádico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "pontual"
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "споради́ческий"
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      "word": "едини́чный"
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      "word": "случа́йный"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "sporadičan"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "manaka-naka"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "ara sıra"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "tek tük"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "sporadýčnyj",
      "sense": "rare and scattered in occurrence",
      "word": "споради́чний"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sporadičen",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "спорадичен"
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      "word": "esporàdic"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "satunnainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "roman": "sporadýčnyj",
      "sense": "exhibiting random behaviour",
      "word": "споради́чний"
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      "form": "sporadicei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sporadicilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sporadicelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadică, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sporadicitate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sporadic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sporadic",
          "sporadic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sporadic"
}

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