subjunctive

English

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/

Adjective
Examples (usages of verbs inflected in the subjunctive mood)
  • So be it.
  • I wouldn’t do it if I were you.
  • Were I a younger man, I would have fought back.
  • I insisted that he leave immediately.

subjunctive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

Translations

Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
  2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

Derived terms

Translations
subjunctive mood — see subjunctive mood

Further reading

Interlingua

Adjective

subjunctive

  1. subjunctive

Latin

Adjective

subjunctīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of subjunctīvus
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