frequentative
See also: fréquentative
English edit
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- (abbreviation): freq.
Etymology edit
From Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent + -ative. Akin to frequent.
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Adjective edit
frequentative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
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serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
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Noun edit
frequentative (plural frequentatives)
- (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.
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subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “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.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
frequentative
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