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Frequentative vs Frequentativeness - What's the difference?

frequentative | frequentativeness |

As nouns the difference between frequentative and frequentativeness

is that frequentative is refers to 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 while frequentativeness is the state or condition of being frequentative.

As an adjective frequentative

is serving to express repetition of an action.

frequentative

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Adjective

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  • (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
    • "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".

    Noun

    (wikipedia frequentative) (en noun)
  • (grammar) Refers to 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.

    • Synonyms

    * iterative

    See also

    * * (l)

    External links

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    frequentativeness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being frequentative.