adj
Meaning 1
Expressing a wish or a choice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
optative
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
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/ˈɒptətɪv/
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/ɒpˈteɪtɪv/
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rhymes with -eɪtɪv
adj
Meaning 2
Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A verb or expression in the optative mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective
Meaning 5
relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- optative verb endings
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adjective
Meaning 6
indicating an option or wish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 7
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: optative mood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mood, mode, modality
History
Etymology
From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ancient Greek: εὐκτικός (euktikós) — expressing a wish
- Polish: życzeniowy — expressing a wish
- Albanian: dëshirore — pertaining to the optative mood
- Bulgarian: желателен (želatelen) — pertaining to the optative mood
- Esperanto: optativo — pertaining to the optative mood
- Finnish: optatiivinen — pertaining to the optative mood
- Ancient Greek: εὐκτικός (euktikós) — pertaining to the optative mood
- Hungarian: óhajtó — pertaining to the optative mood
- Italian: ottativo — pertaining to the optative mood
- Korean: 원망법 (wonmangbeop) — pertaining to the optative mood
- Old English: ġewȳsċendlīċ — pertaining to the optative mood
- Polish: życzący — pertaining to the optative mood
- Tamil: வியங்கோள் (viyaṅkōḷ) — pertaining to the optative mood
- Vietnamese: thức mong mỏi — pertaining to the optative mood
- Azerbaijani: arzu şəkli — optative
- Esperanto: optativo — optative
- Finnish: optatiivi — optative
- French: optatif — optative
- German: Optativ — optative
- German: Wunschform — optative
- Greek: ευκτική (efktikí) — optative
- Ancient Greek: εὐκτική (euktikḗ) — optative
- Hungarian: optativus — optative
- Hungarian: óhajtó mód — optative
- Icelandic: óskháttur — optative
- Italian: ottativo — optative
- Korean: 원망법 (wonmangbeop) — optative
- Old English: ġewȳsċendlīċ — optative
- Polish: tryb życzący — optative
- Portuguese: optativo — optative
- Spanish: optativo — optative
- Swedish: optativ — optative
- Tamil: வியங்கோள் (viyaṅkōḷ) — optative
- Turkish: istek kipi — optative