frequentative

See also: fréquentative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): freq.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.?

Proto-Italic *frekʷents

Latin frequēns

Latin frequentāreder.

Late Latin frequentātīvusder.

Middle English frequentatyf

English frequentative

Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”), from frequēns (“crowded, crammed; frequent, repeated”), from Proto-Italic *frekʷents, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”).

By surface analysis, frequent +‎ -ative.

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".

Usage notes

• See notes at iterative.

Derived terms

• frequentative aspect
• frequentatively
• frequentativeness
• nonfrequentative

Translations

serving to express the frequent repetition of an action — see also iterative

• Armenian: բազմապատկական (hy) (bazmapatkakan)
• Finnish: frekventatiivinen (fi)
• French: fréquentatif (fr)
• German: frequentativ
• Hungarian: gyakorító (hu)
• Italian: frequentativo (it)
• Latin: frequentātīvus
• Māori: kakai
• Polish: częstotliwy
• Portuguese: frequentativo (pt)
• Russian: многокра́тный (ru) (mnogokrátnyj), многочи́сленный (ru) (mnogočíslennyj), мно́жественный (ru) (mnóžestvennyj)
• Spanish: frecuentativo

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 — see also iterative

• 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, verbo frecuentativo m
• Swedish: frekventativ c

See also

• -er
• -le

Further reading

• “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

Adjective

frequentative

1. feminine plural of frequentativo

Anagrams

• frequentatevi