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The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imperative, jussive mood, imperative form
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mood, mode, modality
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
mënyra urdhërore
— imperative mood
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Arabic:
أَمْر
(ʔamr)
— imperative mood
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Armenian:
հրամայական եղանակ
(hramayakan eġanak)
— imperative mood
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Belarusian:
зага́дны лад
(zahádny lad)
— imperative mood
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Bulgarian:
повели́телно наклоне́ние
(povelítelno naklonénie)
— imperative mood
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Chinese Mandarin:
祈使語氣 /祈使语气
(qíshǐ yǔqì)
— imperative mood
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Czech:
rozkazovací způsob
— imperative mood
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Czech:
imperativ
— imperative mood
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Danish:
bydeform
— imperative mood
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Dutch:
gebiedende wijs
— imperative mood
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Dutch:
imperatief
— imperative mood
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Dutch:
imperativus
— imperative mood
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Esperanto:
imperativo
— imperative mood
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Estonian:
käskiv
— imperative mood
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Faroese:
boðsháttur
— imperative mood
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Finnish:
imperatiivi
— imperative mood
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Finnish:
käskytapa
— imperative mood
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French:
impératif
— imperative mood
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Old French:
imperatif
— imperative mood
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German:
Imperativ
— imperative mood
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German:
Befehlsform
— imperative mood
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Greek:
προστακτική
(prostaktikí)
— imperative mood
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Ancient Greek:
προστακτική
(prostaktikḗ)
— imperative mood
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Hungarian:
felszólító mód
— imperative mood
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Hungarian:
imperativusz
— imperative mood
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Icelandic:
boðháttur
— imperative mood
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Icelandic:
bh.
— imperative mood
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Italian:
imperativo
— imperative mood
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Japanese:
命令法
(meireihō)
— imperative mood
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Khmer:
អាណត្តិ
(ʼaanat)
— imperative mood
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Korean:
명령법
(myeongnyeongbeop)
— imperative mood
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Latin:
imperativus
— imperative mood
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Latvian:
pavēles izteiksme
— imperative mood
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Latvian:
pavēle
— imperative mood
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Lithuanian:
liepiamoji nuosaka
— imperative mood
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Macedonian:
заповеден начин
(zapoveden način)
— imperative mood
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Macedonian:
императив
(imperativ)
— imperative mood
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Māori:
tūhau
— imperative mood
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Old English:
bebēodendlīċ ġemet
— imperative mood
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Persian:
امری
(amri)
— imperative mood
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Polish:
tryb rozkazujący
— imperative mood
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Polish:
rozkaźnik
— imperative mood
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Polish:
imperatiwus
— imperative mood
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Polish:
imperativus
— imperative mood
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Portuguese:
imperativo
— imperative mood
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Romanian:
mod imperativ
— imperative mood
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Romanian:
imperativ
— imperative mood
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Russian:
повели́тельное наклоне́ние
(povelítelʹnoje naklonénije)
— imperative mood
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Russian:
императи́в
(imperatív)
— imperative mood
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Scottish Gaelic:
modh àithneach
— imperative mood
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Serbo-Croatian:
и̏мператӣв
— imperative mood
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Serbo-Croatian:
ȉmperatīv
— imperative mood
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Slovak:
rozkazovací spôsob
— imperative mood
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Slovak:
imperatív
— imperative mood
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Slovene:
velelnik
— imperative mood
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Spanish:
modo imperativo
— imperative mood
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Swedish:
imperativ
— imperative mood
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Tagalog:
panaganong pautos
— imperative mood
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Tibetan:
སྐུལ་ཚིགས
(skul tshigs)
— imperative mood
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Turkish:
emir kipi
— imperative mood
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Ukrainian:
наказо́вий спо́сіб
(nakazóvyj spósib)
— imperative mood
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Vietnamese:
mệnh lệnh thức
— imperative mood
