occasional
A person who does something only occasionallyA person who does something only occasionally.
» Tomorrow's weather should be sunny with occasional rain.
Das Wetter morgen wird sonnig sein mit gelegentlichem Regen. — Esperantostern
Завтрашняя погода будет солнечной с редким дождём. — odexed
Завтра будет солнечно, временами дожди. — marafon
Завтра солнечно, временами дожди. — marafon
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1 sensesA person who does something only occasionally.
Examples
33 sentencesTomorrow's weather should be sunny with occasional rain.
ruЗавтрашняя погода будет солнечной с редким дождём. — odexed
deDas Wetter morgen wird sonnig sein mit gelegentlichem Regen. — Esperantostern
Other than occasional business trips, I don't travel much.
deAbgesehen von gelegentlichen Geschäftsreisen reise ich nicht viel. — Waldelfe
We are expecting an occasional rainfall.
Even superheroes need an occasional break.
ruДаже супергероям нужно отдыхать время от времени. — FeuDRenais
deSelbst Superhelden brauchen manchmal eine Pause. — Yorwba
It was cloudy, with occasional rain.
ruБыло облачно, и временами шёл дождь. — marafon
deEs war bewölkt und regnete hin und wieder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English occasyonal, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnālis and Old French ocasionel.From Middle English occasyonal, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnālis and Old French ocasionel. By surface analysis, occasion + -al.
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Forms
plural: occasionals| Singular | occasional |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.