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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessporadico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sporadico
"Ci sono stati episodi di pioggia sporadica."
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Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.
"The patient made a recovery punctuated by sporadic bouts of illness."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin sporadicus, stemming from the Greek sporadikos, meaning 'scattered' or 'dispersed' (from spora, meaning 'a sowing'). It entered the English language in the 17th century, initially used in medical contexts to describe diseases that occurred in isolated instances rather than widespread epidemics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sporadic" is said worldwide
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sporadique
Transliteration: sporadique
"Il y a eu des tirs sporadiques pendant la nuit."
sporadisch
Transliteration: sporadisch
"Wir haben nur sporadischen Kontakt."
sporadico
Transliteration: sporadico
"Ci sono stati episodi di pioggia sporadica."
esporádico
Transliteration: esporádico
"Mantenemos un contacto esporádico."
esporádico
Transliteration: esporádico
"Ela fez apenas aparições esporádicas."
छिटपुट
Transliteration: chhitput
"शहर में छिटपुट हिंसा की खबरें आईं।"
零星的
Transliteration: língxīng de
"枪声断断续续，时有时无。"
산발적인
Transliteration: sanbaljeogin
"그 지역에는 산발적인 소나기가 내렸다."
散発的な
Transliteration: sanpatsutekina
"その地域では散発的な戦闘が続いている。"
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