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frequentative

/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
fre-quen-ta-tive
IPA
/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to express repetition of an action.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.? Proto-Italic *frekʷents Latin frequēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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 (“often, regular, constant, repeated, assiduous”) + -ō. By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.

Inflected Forms

freq. (alternative) frequentatives (plural)

Derived Forms

frequentatively frequentativeness nonfrequentative

Phrases

frequentative aspect -er -le

Frequently Paired Words

-er -le

Synonyms

iterative

Questions

How do you pronounce frequentative?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/.
What does frequentative mean?
Serving to express repetition of an action.
Where does frequentative come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.? Proto-Italic *frekʷents Latin frequēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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 (“often, regular, constant, repeated, assiduous”) + -ō. By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.

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