frequentative

English

Etymology

From Late Latin frequentativus (“frequentative”), from Latin frequentare (“to do or use often”); see frequent.

Adjective

frequentative (not comparable)

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

Translations

serving to express the frequent repetition of an action

Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan)

Finnish: frekventatiivinen (fi)

Noun

Wikipedia frequentative (plural frequentatives)

1. (grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a 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.

Synonyms

• iterative

Translations

subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action

Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan) Finnish: frekventatiivi (fi) French: fréquentatif (fr) m. German: Frequentativum n.

Latin: frequentativum n. Russian: многократный вид (ru) (mnogokrátnyj vid) m. Spanish: frecuentativo m.

External links

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

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Italian

Adjective

frequentative f.

1. feminine plural form of frequentativo