durative
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed, ultimately from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.
AdjectiveEdit
durative
- Of or pertaining to duration.
- Long-lasting.
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
SynonymsEdit
- (long-lasting): diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
TranslationsEdit
long-lasting — see long-lasting
linguistics: expressing continuing action
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NounEdit
durative (plural duratives)
- (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
TranslationsEdit
aspect
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FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
durative
ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
durative