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# frequently — English to French

How English *frequently* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [frequently in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/frequently/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: frequently (21 786). By style: everyday 55 · literary 3 · parliamentary 1 556 · legal and administrative 906 · UN documents 19 266.

## souvent

Used about 8 932 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 551 · legal and administrative ≈ 321 · UN documents ≈ 8 028).

- Do you fly **frequently**?
  Prends-tu **souvent** l'avion ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#680984](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/680984) [\#1287058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1287058))

- He **frequently** offered him a glass of whiskey or pale ale in the steamer bar-room, which Passepartout never failed to accept with graceful alacrity, mentally pronouncing Fix the best of good fellows.
  Il lui offrait donc **souvent**, au bar-room du Mongolia, quelques verres de whisky ou de pale-ale, que le brave garçon acceptait sans cérémonie et rendait même pour ne pas être en reste,--trouvant, d'ailleurs, ce Fix un gentleman bien honnête.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 544)

- **Frequently** that is not the case in these debates.
  **Souvent**, cela n'est pas le cas lors de ce type de discussions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 286501)

- Estrilda quartinia (**Frequently** traded as Estrilda melanotis)
  Estrilda quartinia (**souvent** commercialisée sous Estrilda melanotis)
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2976732)

- The term &quot; competent authorities &quot; appears **frequently**.
  Les termes &lt; &lt; autorités compétentes &gt; &gt; sont **souvent** cités.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 9812040)

## fréquemment

Used about 8 271 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 648 · legal and administrative ≈ 378 · UN documents ≈ 7 225).

- I see her **frequently**.
  Je la vois **fréquemment**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3910330](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3910330) [\#9749200](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9749200))

- That question is raised very **frequently**.
  Cette question est soulevée très **fréquemment**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 838201)

- It meets every two years, or more **frequently** if it so decides.
  Elle a lieu tous les deux ans ou plus **fréquemment** si elle en décide ainsi.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5344076)

- It is **frequently** worn by young boys as a precursor or alternative to a larger turban.
  Il est **fréquemment** porté par les jeunes garçons comme prélude, ou alternative, au port d &apos; un turban plus grand.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27149489)

- It happens **frequently** on vacation.
  Ça se produit **fréquemment**, en vacances.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by warrenbisch and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4904319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4904319) [\#4992719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4992719))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- A sailor **frequently** has no time to get his sea legs after leaving port before a battle starts.
  Après avoir quitté le port, un marin a rarement le temps d’acquérir le pied marin avant qu'une bataille ne commence.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and belgavox · checked, community translation · [\#22165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22165) [\#1662644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1662644))

- Do you feel the urge to urinate more **frequently**?
  Ressentez-vous une envie d'uriner plus fréquente ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9853789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9853789) [\#9934844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9934844))

- I have a list of the one thousand most **frequently** used French words.
  J'ai une liste des mille mots les plus utilisés en français.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mervert1 and lapinhibou · checked, community translation · [\#6466331](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6466331) [\#6467288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6467288))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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