frequenter
See also: fréquenter
English
Etymology 1
frequent + -er.
Noun
frequenter (plural frequenters)
- A person who frequents; a regular visitor.
- a frequenter of nightclubs
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], OCLC 13623666, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:
- In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
Adjective
frequenter
- (rare) comparative form of frequent: more frequent
- his visits became frequenter and frequenter
Synonyms
- more frequent (more common)
Latin
Etymology
From frequēns (“repeated, frequent”)
Adverb
frequenter (comparative frequentius, superlative frequentissimē)
- often, frequently
- in great numbers
Synonyms
- (often, frequently): saepe
Related terms
- frequēns
- frequentātiō
- frequentātus
- frequentia
- frequentō
References
- frequenter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frequenter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frequenter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Old French
Etymology
Latin frequentō.
Verb
frequenter
- to frequent; to visit often
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of frequenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | frequenter | avoir frequenté | |||||
| gerund | en frequentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | frequentant | ||||||
| past participle | frequenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | frequent | frequentes | frequente | frequentons | frequentez | frequentent |
| imperfect | frequentoie, frequenteie, frequentoe, frequenteve | frequentoies, frequenteies, frequentoes, frequenteves | frequentoit, frequenteit, frequentot, frequenteve | frequentiiens, frequentiens | frequentiiez, frequentiez | frequentoient, frequenteient, frequentoent, frequentevent | |
| preterite | frequentai | frequentas | frequenta | frequentames | frequentastes | frequenterent | |
| future | frequenterai | frequenteras | frequentera | frequenterons | frequenteroiz, frequentereiz, frequenterez | frequenteront | |
| conditional | frequenteroie, frequentereie | frequenteroies, frequentereies | frequenteroit, frequentereit | frequenteriiens, frequenteriens | frequenteriiez, frequenteriez | frequenteroient, frequentereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | frequent | frequenz | frequent | frequentons | frequentez | frequentent |
| imperfect | frequentasse | frequentasses | frequentast | frequentissons, frequentissiens | frequentissoiz, frequentissez, frequentissiez | frequentassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | frequente | — | frequentons | frequentez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: frequent (borrowed)
- French: fréquenter