infinitive

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite +‎ -ive. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/, /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/ === Noun === infinitive (plural infinitives) (grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood). (grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form. (grammar) A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb. ==== Hypernyms ==== (mood or mode): grammatical mood, mood, mode (verb (form)): verb (verbal noun): verbal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== gerund supine lemma verb === Adjective === infinitive (not comparable) (grammar) Formed with the infinitive. Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. a. 1823, Cunningham's Sermons (quoted in 1823, The Edinburgh Christian Instructor, volume 23, page 328) […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […] ==== Derived terms ==== infinitively === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fi.ni.tiv/ === Adjective === infinitive feminine singular of infinitif === Noun === infinitive f (plural infinitives) infinitive clause, same as proposition infinitive == Italian == === Adjective === infinitive f feminine plural of infinitivo == Latin == === Noun === īnfīnītīve vocative singular of īnfīnītīvus