frequentative

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• /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/
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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.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բազմապատկական (bazmapatkakan) — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Finnish: frekventatiivinen — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• French: fréquentatif — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• German: frequentativ — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Hungarian: gyakorító — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Italian: frequentativo — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Latin: frequentātīvus — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Māori: kakai — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Polish: częstotliwy — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Portuguese: frequentativo — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Russian: многокра́тный (mnogokrátnyj) — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Russian: многочи́сленный (mnogočíslennyj) — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Russian: мно́жественный (mnóžestvennyj) — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Spanish: frecuentativo — serving to express the frequent repetition of an action
• Armenian: բազմապատկական (bazmapatkakan) — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Finnish: frekventatiivi — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• French: fréquentatif — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• German: Frequentativum — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• German: Frequentativ — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• German: Iterativum — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• German: Iterativ — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Latin: [verbum] frequentativum — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Polish: forma częstotliwa — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Russian: многокра́тный вид (mnogokrátnyj vid) — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Spanish: frecuentativo — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Spanish: verbo frecuentativo — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action
• Swedish: frekventativ — subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action