subjunctive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv
Adjective
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subjunctive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Translations
[edit]possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact
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Noun
[edit]subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)
- (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
- (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.
Translations
[edit]subjunctive mood — see subjunctive mood
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]Subjunctive mood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English subjunctive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “subjunctive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “subjunctive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]subjunctive
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]subjūnctīve
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