à maintes reprises

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a mɛ̃t ʁə.pʁiz/
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Adverb

à maintes reprises

  1. (formal) repeatedly, time and again
    Synonyms: maintes fois, à de nombreuses reprises, à de multiples reprises, à plusieurs reprises
    Hypernym: souvent
    • 1966, Frans Gerver, Le guide Marabout de Tous les Jeux de Cartes, Verviers: Gérard & C°, page 47:
      Introduit en France vers 1725, ce jeu devint rapidement populaire et il donna lieu à de tels excès que la police s'efforça, à maintes reprises, de l'interdire.
      Introduced in France around 1725, this game quickly became popular and gave rise to such excesses that the police repeatedly attempted to prohibit it.
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