Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fientive

/fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fi-en-tive
IPA: /fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject

adj

designating entering into a state as opposed to being in a state

Example Sentences

"This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport."
"The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being."

Etymology

From Latin fīēns (“becoming; happening”, present active participle of fīō (“to become; to happen”)), on the pattern of words such as stative, durative, iterative, causative etc.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fīēns

Rhymes With

incentive inventive disincentive intentive

Questions

How do you pronounce fientive?: The recorded pronunciation is /fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/.
What does fientive mean?: designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject
Where does fientive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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