frequentative

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Scrabble points
28
Words With Friends
31
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Definition of frequentative

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Serving to express repetition of an action.
    “"Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Serving to express repetition of an action.
    “"Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".”

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.

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Etymology

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

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