different between eventual vs frequently

English

Etymology

From event +? -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v?n(t)???l/, /??v?n(t)??l/, /?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?n(t)?u?l/, /??v?n(t)??l/
• Homophone: evential (for some speakers)

Adjective

eventual (not comparable)

1. Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time); inevitable.
2. Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.

Translations

Galician

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

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Related terms

• eventualidade
• eventualmente

Further reading

• “eventual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.v?.?twa?/
• Hyphenation: e?ven?tu?al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable)

1. infrequent
2. casual
3. eventual

Romanian

Etymology

From French éventuel.

Adjective

eventual m or n (feminine singular eventual?, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale)

1. prospective

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eben?twal/, [e.???n??t?wal]
• Hyphenation: e?ven?tual

Adjective

eventual (plural eventuales)

1. potential, possible
2. sporadic
3. temporary (employee, contract)
4. eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)

English

Etymology

frequent +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?i?.kw?nt.li/

Adverb

frequently (comparative more frequently, superlative most frequently)

1. At frequent intervals.

2. (mathematics, of a sequence) For infinitely many terms of the sequence.

Synonyms

• as often as not, often, oftenly, oftentimes, occasionally

Translations

See also

• eventually