frequentative

See also: fréquentative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): freq.

Etymology

From Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent +‎ -ative. Akin to frequent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Adjective

frequentative (not comparable)

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

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

Derived terms

• frequentative aspect

Translations

serving to express the frequent repetition of an action

• Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan)
• Finnish: frekventatiivinen (fi)
• French: fréquentatif (fr)
• German: frequentativ
• Hungarian: gyakorító (hu)
• 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 (de) n
• 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• frequentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Italian

Adjective

frequentative

1. feminine plural of frequentativo

Anagrams

• frequentatevi