different between customer vs frequenter

English

Etymology

From Middle English customere, custommere, from Old French coustumier, costumier (compare modern French coutumier), from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”, noun), from custumarius (“pertaining to custom or customs”, adj), from custuma (“custom, tax”). More at custom.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?st?m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?st?m?/

Noun

customer (plural customers)

1. A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

   Every person who passes by is a potential customer.

2. (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.

   a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• costumer

English

Etymology 1

frequent +? -er.

Noun

frequenter (plural frequenters)

1. A person who frequents; a regular visitor.

Etymology 2

Adjective

frequenter

1. (rare) comparative form of frequent: more frequent

Synonyms

• more frequent (more common)

Latin

Etymology

From frequ?ns (“repeated, frequent”)

Adverb

frequenter (comparative frequentius, superlative frequentissim?)

1. often, frequently
2. in great numbers

Synonyms

• (often, frequently): saepe

Related terms

• frequ?ns
• frequent?ti?
• frequent?tus
• frequentia
• frequent?

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

Etymology

Latin frequent?.

Verb

frequenter

1. to frequent; to visit often

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.

Descendants

• ? English: frequent
• French: fréquenter