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sempre

/ˈsɛm(ˌ)pɹeɪ/adverb

sempre is an adverb meaning “always, still; maintaining the same style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-P-R-E, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does sempre mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    always, still; maintaining the same style

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce sempre?

  • /ˈsɛm(ˌ)pɹeɪ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sempre.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

How common is sempre?

Sempre appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does sempre come from?

Borrowed from Italian sempre (“always, still”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).