English
Noun
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#grammar Refers to a subclass of imperfective aspect|imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack." The frequentative is no longer productive in English, but some languages that have frequentative forms include Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
Synonyms
iterative
Translations
French: fréquentatif m
German: Frequentativum n
Latin: frequentativum n
Russian: многок�а�н�й вид (mnogokrátnyj vid) m
Spanish: frecuentativo m
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