subjunctive

English

Examples (usages of verbs inflected in the subjunctive mood)

So be it.
I wouldn’t if I were you.
Were I a younger man, I would fight back.
I asked that he leave.

Etymology

From Latin subjunctivus (“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): /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/

Adjective

subjunctive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

Translations

Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) The subjunctive mood.
  2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

Translations

Further reading

  • subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Interlingua

Adjective

subjunctive

  1. subjunctive

Latin

Adjective

subjunctīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of subjunctīvus
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