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PRONUNCIATION OF FREQUENTATIVE

frequentative  [frɪˈkwɛntətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREQUENTATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frequentative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FREQUENTATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Frequentative

In grammar, a frequentative form of a word is one which indicates repeated action. The frequentative form can be considered a separate, but not completely independent word, called a frequentative. The frequentative is no longer productive in English, but in some languages, such as Finno-Ugric languages, Balto-Slavic, Turkic etc., it is.

Definition of frequentative in the English dictionary

The first definition of frequentative in the dictionary is denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to express repeated or habitual action. Other definition of frequentative is denoting a verb or an affix having meaning that involves repeated or habitual action, such as the verb wrestle, from wrest. Frequentative is also a frequentative verb or affix.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FREQUENTATIVE


alimentative
ˌælɪˈmɛntətɪv
argumentative
ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv
augmentative
ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv
authoritative
ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv
consultative
kənˈsʌltətɪv
experimentative
ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntətɪv
facultative
ˈfækəltətɪv
fermentative
fəˈmentətɪv
interpretative
ɪnˈtɜːprɪtətɪv
meditative
ˈmɛdɪtətɪv
misrepresentative
ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
presentative
prɪˈzɛntətɪv
preventative
prɪˈvɛntətɪv
putative
ˈpjuːtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
tentative
ˈtɛntətɪv
unrepresentative
ˌʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
vegetative
ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREQUENTATIVE

frequence
frequencies
frequency
frequency band
frequency distribution
frequency modulation
frequency-division multiplex
frequent
frequent flyer
frequent wash shampoo
frequent-flyer
frequent-flyer programme
frequentable
frequentation
frequenter
frequently
frequently asked questions
frequentness
frere
frescade

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREQUENTATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
operative
relative

Synonyms and antonyms of frequentative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «frequentative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREQUENTATIVE

Find out the translation of frequentative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frequentative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frequentative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重复型
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frecuentativa
570 millions of speakers

English

frequentative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुनरावृत्ति दिखानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التكرارية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многократное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frequentative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বীপ্সাব্যঁজক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fréquentatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerap kali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

frequentative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

frequentative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

frequentative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Frequentative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên diển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

frequentative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारंवार येणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tekrarlama bildiren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frequentativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

frequentative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багаторазове
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frecventativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

frequentative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

frequentative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frequentative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frequentative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frequentative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREQUENTATIVE»

The term «frequentative» is normally little used and occupies the 142.898 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of frequentative
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREQUENTATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «frequentative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «frequentative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frequentative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREQUENTATIVE»

Discover the use of frequentative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frequentative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, ...
Buckley 1990 for Tigrinya); but neither is there a 'frequentative' template (cf. Angoujard 1988) to which a root is mapped. Instead, the shape of the frequentative is dependent on the templatic shape of quadriliteral verbs in general, and also the ...
Joseph Shimron, 2003
2
Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China
There seems to be a typological continuum ranging from the agglutinating languages such as West Greenlandic with an obligatory frequentative morphological marker to the analytic languages such as Mandarin Chinese without such a ...
Dan Xu, 2012
3
Research in Afroasiatic Grammar Two
Most importantly, the vowel patterns in the Frequentative often deviate from those of the corresponding non-Frequentative forms. Instead, the strongest resemblance is found between the Simple Perfective Frequentative and the other  ...
Jacqueline Lecarme, 2003
4
Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language ...
First, though, I mention two measures of the extension of estar + -ndo into habitual territory, cooccurrence with frequentative adverbials and general activity main verbs. 5.2.2 Indices of habituality: frequentative adverbials and general activity ...
Rena Torres Cacoullos, 2000
5
A Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: Arranged with ...
FREQUENTATIVE OR INTENSIVE VERBS. 507. Every one of the roots in nine of the classes may take a frequentative form. a. Nevertheless this form is even less common in classical composition than the desiderative. In the present participle,  ...
Sir Monier Monier-Williams, 1864
6
Adverbial Modification: Selected Papers from the Fifth ...
(l9) Both frequentative sentences and 'regular states' combine with for .../pendant. ..: English: - For 2 years, Charles often went to the movies - For 2 years, Charles was my best friend French: - Pendant 2 ans, Charles est souvent alle au cinema ...
Reineke Bok-Bennema, 2001
7
A Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language Arranged with ...
FBEQUENTATIVE OR INTENSIVE VERBS. 507. Every one of the roots in nine of the classes may take a frequentative form. I a. Nevertheless this form is even less common in classical composition than the desiderative. In the present participle ...
Monier Monier-Williams, 1864
8
Time: Language, Cognition & Reality
These conflicts prompt the regular and predictable conflict-resolution mechanisms, which, we suggest, have to do with a higher level of compositionality. A typical case in point is the combination of items deprived of frequentative meaning that ...
Katarzyna Jaszczolt, Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Louis de Saussure, 2013
9
Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
Frequentative Verbstems. Nahuatl has special derived verbstems that signify ( 1 ) repetition, continuity, or intensity of an action or (2) multiplicity of agents, patients, occasions, or places separately involved in an action, event, process, etc.
James Richard Andrews, 2003
10
A Grammar of Toqabaqita
Because the verb lado is quite rare in expressions of the frequentative aspect, it will be disregarded in the subsequent discussion. Reduplication of too serves to underscore the high frequency of occurrence of the relevant situation, and ...
Frantisek Lichtenberk, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREQUENTATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frequentative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A laughing etymologist in a humorless crowd
Chuckle, a frequentative form of chuck, is a cousin of cackle. Giggle, another onomatopoeic verb, is a next-door neighbor of chuckle. The origin ... «OUPblog, Dec 14»
2
Bimonthly etymology gleanings for August, September 2014
Tucker is probably a frequentative of tuck, like very many verbs of this structure. There is no denying the fact that our correspondent cited Hindi ... «OUPblog, Oct 14»
3
Halt the clash of the grammar titans
... The King's English, calls the “durative” aspect, which with the inceptive aspect (“about to sit”) and frequentative aspect (“generally sit”) enrich ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
4
Bickering and bitching
To be sure, the suffix -er produces frequentative and iterative verbs (chatter, clatter, fritter, and so forth), but bickering does not convey the idea ... «OUPblog, Feb 14»
5
Review: Words of the World and other books on language
... with phlegmatic gusto, the etymological highways and bicycle paths that eventually link, for instance, biblical errors, cretins and frequentative ... «New Zealand Listener, Nov 13»
6
Etymology: It's all about logistics
Harass is its frequentative form. Anglo-Saxon herian was to make war. Early English here meant army. Harbor was once a shelter for the army, ... «YourWestValley.com, Sep 13»
7
A linguistic dissection of our affect/effect problem
The other is the so-called frequentative form affectare, meaning "to aim or strive for." In any case, the verb affect has had so many meanings that ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 13»
8
The Harlem Shake and English etymology
For instance, Latin salire meant “dance,” while its frequentative form saltare meant “leap” (compare Engl. saltation and somersault). Some of the ... «OUPblog, Mar 13»
9
An Etymological Headache
The frequentative form of agere is agitare “agitate,” which seems to provide a link between “drive” and “pain”; a few moderately convincing ... «OUPblog, Jan 12»
10
Ranking the most influential Republicans
Etymology: French, from cacher to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together, from Latin coactare to compel, frequentative of ... «Washington Post, Jul 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Frequentative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/frequentative>. Apr 2024 ».
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