frequentative aspect

English

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Noun

frequentative aspect (plural frequentative aspects)

1. (grammar) 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."

Synonyms

• iterative

Translations

grammatical subclass of the imperfective aspect

French: fréquentatif (fr) m. German: Frequentativum (de) n. Latin: frequentativum (la) n.

Russian: многократный вид (ru) (mnogokrátnyj vid) m. Spanish: frecuentativo (es) m.

See also

• aorist aspect
• imperfective aspect
• perfective aspect
• semelfactive aspect
• Wikipedia article on grammatical aspect