frequenter
See also: fréquenter
English
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 […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, 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
Latin
Etymology
From frequēns (“repeated, frequent”).
Adverb
frequenter (comparative frequentius, superlative frequentissimē)
- often, frequently
- in great numbers
Related terms
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
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | frequenter | avoir frequenté | |||||
gerund | en frequentant | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | frequente | — | frequentons | frequentez | — |
Descendants
- → English: frequent
- French: fréquenter
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