sémelfactif

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin semelfactīvus, from Latin semel (“once”) + factum (“occurrence”) + -īvus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /se.mɛl.fak.tif/

Adjective

sémelfactif (feminine sémelfactive, masculine plural sémelfactifs, feminine plural sémelfactives)

  1. (grammar) semelfactive (expressive of an action that happens only once)
    Coordinate term: itératif
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