frequentative
See also: fréquentative
English
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Alternative forms
edit- (abbreviation): freq.
Etymology
editFrom Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). Morphologically as if frequent + -ative. Akin to frequent.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrequentative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
Usage notes
edit- See notes at iterative.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editserving to express the frequent repetition of an action
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Noun
editfrequentative (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.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editsubclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “frequentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frequentative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Italian
editAdjective
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