frequentative

See also: fréquentative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): freq.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  frequentativus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent +‎ -ative. Akin to frequent.

Adjective

frequentative (not comparable)

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

   "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".

Translations

serving to express the frequent repetition of an action

• Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan)
• Finnish: frekventatiivinen (fi)
• German: frequentativ
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• Maori: kakai
• Polish: częstotliwy
• Russian: многокра́тный (ru) (mnogokrátnyj), многочи́сленный (ru) (mnogočíslennyj), мно́жественный (ru) (mnóžestvennyj)

Noun

frequentative (plural frequentatives)

1. (grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

Synonyms

• iterative

Translations

subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action

• Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan)
• Finnish: frekventatiivi
• French: fréquentatif (fr) m
• German: Frequentativum n, Frequentativ n, Iterativum (de) n, Iterativ n
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• Latin: [verbum] frequentativum n
• Polish: forma częstotliwa f
• Russian: многокра́тный вид m (mnogokrátnyj vid)
• Spanish: frecuentativo m
• Swedish: frekventativ c

See also

• -er
• -le

Further reading

• “frequentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “frequentative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Italian

Adjective

frequentative

1. feminine plural of frequentativo