Phrase guide

indicative mood

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The mood of a verb used in ordinary, factual, or objective statements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mood, mode, modality

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mënyra dëftore — indicative mood
  • Southern Altai: јарталган (ǰartalgan) — indicative mood
  • Arabic: مَرْفُوع (marfūʕ) — indicative mood
  • Azerbaijani: xəbər şəkli — indicative mood
  • Belarusian: абве́сны лад (abvjésny lad) — indicative mood
  • Belarusian: абвяшча́льны лад (abvjaščálʹny lad) — indicative mood
  • Breton: doare-disklêriañ — indicative mood
  • Bulgarian: изяви́телно наклоне́ние (izjavítelno naklonénie) — indicative mood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直陳語氣 /直陈语气 (zhíchén yǔqì) — indicative mood
  • Czech: oznamovací způsob — indicative mood
  • Dutch: aantonende wijs — indicative mood
  • Dutch: indicatief — indicative mood
  • Finnish: indikatiivi — indicative mood
  • Finnish: tositapa — indicative mood
  • French: indicatif — indicative mood
  • Galician: modo indicativo — indicative mood
  • German: Indikativ — indicative mood
  • Greek: οριστική (oristikí) — indicative mood
  • Greenlandic: oqaluinnamiut — indicative mood
  • Hungarian: kijelentő mód — indicative mood
  • Icelandic: framsöguháttur — indicative mood
  • Italian: indicativo — indicative mood
  • Japanese: 直説法 (chokusetsu-hō) — indicative mood
  • Japanese: 直接法 (chokusetsu-hō) — indicative mood
  • Korean: 직설법 (jikseolbeop) — indicative mood
  • Lithuanian: tiesioginė nuosaka — indicative mood
  • Macedonian: и́сказен на́чин (ískazen náčin) — indicative mood
  • Polish: tryb orzekający — indicative mood
  • Polish: tryb oznajmujący — indicative mood
  • Portuguese: modo indicativo — indicative mood
  • Romanian: mod indicativ — indicative mood
  • Romanian: indicativ — indicative mood
  • Russian: изъяви́тельное наклоне́ние (izʺjavítelʹnoje naklonénije) — indicative mood
  • Slovak: oznamovací spôsob — indicative mood
  • Slovene: povedni naklon — indicative mood
  • Spanish: modo indicativo — indicative mood
  • Swedish: indikativ — indicative mood
  • Tagalog: panaganong paturol — indicative mood
  • Turkish: bildirme kipi — indicative mood
  • Turkish: haber kipi — indicative mood
  • Ukrainian: ді́йсний спо́сіб (díjsnyj spósib) — indicative mood
  • Uyghur: بايان رايى (bayan rayi) — indicative mood
  • Welsh: modd mynegol — indicative mood