Complete Definition of "iterative aspect"

English

Noun
iterative aspect

  1. grammar: The iterative aspect refers to a subclass of imperfective aspect|imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb "to sniffle," as opposed to the noniterative "to sniff."

Synonyms
frequentative

Translations
French: fréquentatif m
German: Frequentativum n,
Latin: frequentativum n
Russian: многок�а�н�й вид (mnogokrátnyj vid) m
Spanish: frecuentativo m

See also
aorist aspect
imperfective aspect
perfective aspect
semelfactive aspect
w:Grammatical aspect|Wikipedia article on grammatical aspect
w:Frequentative|Wikipedia article on iterative aspect

fr:iterative aspect
tr:iterative aspect

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