implicature

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Coined by Paul Grice.

Noun

implicature (plural implicatures)

1. (pragmatics) An implied meaning that is not expressed directly.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.

Related terms

• implication

Translations

An implied meaning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 含意 (cmn) (hányì)

• Czech: implikatura (cs) f
• Dutch: implicatie (nl)
• Finnish: piilomerkitys (fi)
• French: implicature (fr) f
• German: Implikatur (de) f

• Greek: υπονόηση (el) (yponóisi) n
• Hungarian: implikatúra (hu)
• Japanese: 含意 (ja)
• Portuguese: implicatura (pt) f
• Russian: импликатура (ru) (implikatura) f
• Spanish: implicatura (es) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

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Latin

Participle

implicātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of implicātūrus