frequentative

Meaning

Adj

Serving to express repetition of an action.

Noun

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

frequent

iterative

repeated

Translations

fréquentatif

frecuentativo

Iterativum

Frequentativ

fréquemment

frequentativo

frequentativum

frequentativus

frequentatief

tekrarlama bildiren

Frequentativum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Etymology

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