frequentative
/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/adjective, noun
frequentative is spelled F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, frequentative means “Serving to express repetition of an action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in frequentative?
| Letters | 13: F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is frequentative?
Frequentative appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce frequentative?
- /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/
- /ˈfɹikwənˌteɪtɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-TurtleMedicine-frequentative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frequentative
- freq.
- frequentatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frequentative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Serving to express repetition of an action.
"Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".
noun
- 1
Any of 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate frequentative?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of frequentative: freq..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frequentative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fréquentatif |
| German | frequentativ , Frequentativum, Frequentativ, Iterativum, Iterativ |
| Portuguese | frequentativo |
| Spanish | frecuentativo , verbo frecuentativo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frequentative come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).