durative

English

Etymology

From duration +‎ -ive. Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) +‎ -ive.

Adjective

durative

1. Of or pertaining to duration.
2. Long-lasting.
3. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

Synonyms

• (long-lasting): diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Derived terms

• duratively
• durativeness
• durativity

 

Translations

long-lasting — see long-lasting

linguistics: expressing continuing action

• Finnish: duratiivinen
• French: duratif (fr)
• Romanian: durativ (ro)

Noun

durative (plural duratives)

1. (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 156:

     In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.

Translations

aspect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 持續型 / 持续型 (chíxùxíng)

• Finnish: duratiivisuus (aspect); duratiivinen verbi (verb)
• French: duratif (fr) m

French

Adjective

durative

1. feminine singular of duratif

Italian

Adjective

durative

1. feminine plural of durativo

Anagrams

• riveduta