frequentative

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Late Latin frequentativus (“‘frequentative’”) < Latin frequentare (“‘to do or use often’”); see frequent.

[edit] Adjective

frequentative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action.

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

frequentative (plural frequentatives)

1. (grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack." The frequentative is no longer productive in English, but some languages that have frequentative forms include Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

[edit] Synonyms

• iterative

[edit] Translations

• French: fréquentatif m.
• German: Frequentativum n.
• Latin: frequentativum n.
• Russian: многократный вид ru(ru) (mnogokrátnyj vid) m.
• Spanish: frecuentativo m.

[edit] External links

• frequentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• frequentative in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911