English Explanatory Dictionary

frequentative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Word forms

frequentative freq. frequentatives

Etymology

From Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”). By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.

Synonyms

iterative

Related words

-er -le

Derived words

frequentative aspect frequentatively frequentativeness nonfrequentative
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