Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Serving to express repetition of an action.

    "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".

    frequentativ

    многокра́тныйmnogokrátnyj, многочи́сленныйmnogočíslennyj, мно́жественныйmnóžestvennyj

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
serving to express the frequent repetition of an action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
serving to express the frequent repetition of an action:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin fre

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.

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