subjunctive

== English == === Alternative forms === subj. (abbreviation) === 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): /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv === Adjective === 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 ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives) (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Related terms === === Further reading === Subjunctive mood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia English subjunctive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “subjunctive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “subjunctive”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Interlingua == === Adjective === subjunctive subjunctive ==== Related terms ==== subjunctivo == Latin == === Adjective === subjūnctīve vocative masculine singular of subjūnctīvus