Frequentative
Alternative forms
- abbreviation: freq.
Origin
From Late Latin frequentativus, from Latin frequentÄre ("to do or use often"). Morphologically as if frequent + -ative. Akin to frequent.
Full definition of frequentative
Adjective
frequentative
- (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action."Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".
Noun
frequentative
(plural frequentatives)- (grammar) Refers to 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.