Standard Lemma guide

implicature

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/

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noun

Meaning 1

An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 含意 (hányì) — An implied meaning
  • Czech: implikatura — An implied meaning
  • Dutch: implicatuur — An implied meaning
  • Finnish: piilomerkitys — An implied meaning
  • French: implicature — An implied meaning
  • German: Implikatur — An implied meaning
  • Greek: υπονόηση (yponóisi) — An implied meaning
  • Hungarian: implikatúra — An implied meaning
  • Japanese: 含意 (gan'i) — An implied meaning
  • Polish: implikatura — An implied meaning
  • Portuguese: implicatura — An implied meaning
  • Russian: импликатура (implikatura) — An implied meaning
  • Spanish: implicatura — An implied meaning
  • Swedish: implikatur — An implied meaning