iterative aspect

English

Noun

iterative aspect (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb sniffle, as opposed to the noniterative sniff.

Synonyms

• frequentative

Translations

subclass of imperfective verbs

• French: fréquentatif (fr) m
• German: Frequentativum n
• Latin: frequentativum n
• Macedonian: повторлив вид m (povtorliv vid)
• Russian: многокра́тный вид m (mnogokrátnyj vid)
• Spanish: frecuentativo m

See also

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