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 Of or pertaining to duration. Long-lasting. (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === durative (plural duratives) (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative. ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Adjective === durative feminine singular of duratif == Italian == === Adjective === durative feminine plural of durativo === Anagrams === riveduta