frequentative aspect

English

Noun

frequentative aspect (uncountable)

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 aspect

Translations

grammatical subclass of the imperfective aspect

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

See also

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