sovint

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sovín, suvín, soviny, soveny, sovey, assovint (regional or obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sovint~sovent, from Latin subinde (“repeatedly, continually”). Compare French souvent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈβin]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [suˈvint]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈvint]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -int

Adverb

sovint

1. often

Derived terms

• tot sovint
• sovintejar

References

• “sovint”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sovint”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sovint” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sovint” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Walloon

Etymology

Inherited from Latin subinde (“now and then”). Compare French souvent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈvɛ̃/

Adverb

sovint

1. often