Meaning

1 senses
  1. Infrequently, rarely.

    They seldom come here now.

    selten

    ре́дкоrédko, и́зредкаízredka

    рі́дкоrídko, зрі́дкаzrídka

More definitions
  • not often

Examples

665 sentences
  1. He seldom writes to his father.

    Він рідко пише татові. — deniko

    ruОн редко пишет своему отцу. — afyodor

    deEr schreibt selten an seinen Vater. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He seldom gives his wife presents.

    Він рідко дарує своїй дружині подарунки. — deniko

    ruОн редко дарит своей жене подарки. — shanghainese

    deEr schenkt seiner Frau selten etwas. — wolfgangth

  3. She is seldom late for school.

    Вона рідко запізнюється до школи. — deniko

    ruОна редко опаздывает в школу. — shanghainese

  4. Tom is seldom late for appointments.

    Том рідко запізнюється на зустрічі. — deniko

    deTom kommt selten zu spät zu Verabredungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom seldom eats with his family.

    Том нечасто їсть разом із родиною. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
infrequently, rarely:
Русский
By meaning 1
infrequently, rarely:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
infrequently, rarely:

Origin

From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden by analogy with adverbial da

From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden by analogy with adverbial datives such as whilom, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.

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Forms

more seldom/seldomer, most seldom/seldomest
Comparativemore seldom / seldomer Lesson
Superlativemost seldom / seldomest

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

12 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • seldom if ever
  • seldom does that
  • seldom eat
  • seldom go to
  • seldom go
  • seldom speak
  • seldom go out
  • seldom makes mistakes
  • seldom talks about
  • is seldom late
  • seldom speaks to
  • seldom see

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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