conditional

English

Alternative forms

• conditionall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French condicionel (French conditionnel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdɪʃənəl/

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Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

1. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
2. (grammar) The conditional mood.
3. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.

   "A implies B" is a conditional.

   • 1867, L. H. Atwater, (Please provide the book title or journal name), quoted in 'OED':

     Manual of Elementary Logic

4. (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.

   if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.

5. (obsolete) A limitation.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional

Meronyms

• (in logic): antecedent
• (in logic): consequent

Translations

grammar: statement

• Bulgarian: условие (bg) n (uslovie)
• Finnish: ehtolause (fi), konditionaalilause

• German: Konditional (de) n
• Russian: усло́вие (ru) n (uslóvije)

grammar: mode/mood

• Albanian: mënyra kushtore f
• Belarusian: умо́ўны лад m (umóŭny lad)
• Bulgarian: усло́вно наклоне́ние n (uslóvno naklonénie)
• Catalan: condicional (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 條件語氣, 条件语气 (tiáojiàn yǔqì)

• Dutch: voorwaardelijke wijs (nl) m
• Esperanto: kondicionalo
• Estonian: tingiv
• Finnish: ehtotapa (fi), konditionaali (fi)
• French: conditionnel (fr) m
• Galician: condicional
• German: Konditional (de) m, Konditionalis m
• Hungarian: feltételes mód
• Icelandic: skildagatíð f
• Italian: condizionale (it) m

• Japanese: 条件法 (じょうけんほう, jōkenhō)
• Latin: (modus) conditionalis m
• Norman: conditionnel m
• Norwegian: kondisjonalis
• Polish: tryb przypuszczający (pl) m
• Portuguese: condicional (pt) m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} mod condițional (ro), condițional (ro)
• Romansch: cundiziunal m
• Russian: условное наклоне́ние n (uslovnoje naklonénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: modh cumhach m
• Slovak: podmieňovací spôsob
• Spanish: condicional (es) m
• Swedish: konditionalis c
• Turkish: koşul bileşik zamanı (tr), şart bileşik zamanı (tr)
• Ukrainian: умо́вний спо́сіб (uk) m (umóvnyj spósib)

logic: statement

• Bulgarian: условие (bg) n (uslovie)

• Finnish: ehtolause (fi)

computing: branching instruction

• Finnish: ehtolause (fi)

limitation — see limitation

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• French: ^{(please verify)} conditionnel (fr) m
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} condicionalis m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} condicional (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} konditionalis

Adjective

conditional (not comparable)

1. Limited by a condition.

   I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.

   • 1753, William Warburton, The Character and Conduct of the Messengers

     Every covenant of God with man […] may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.

2. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.

   "A implies B" is a conditional statement.

   • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic

     A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.

3. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

   a conditional word, mode, or tense

Synonyms

• conditioned
• relative
• limited
• (in logic): hypothetical

Antonyms

• absolute
• categorical
• unconditional

Derived terms

Derived terms

• conditional entropy
• conditional probability
• conditional proof

• conditional sentence
• conditional tense

Translations

limited by a condition

• Bulgarian: условен (bg) (usloven)
• Catalan: condicional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有條件的 (yǒu tiáojiàn de)

• Czech: podmíněný
• Danish: betinget
• Dutch: voorwaardelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ehdollinen (fi)
• French: conditionnel (fr)
• Galician: condicional
• German: bedingt (de)
• Greek: υποθετικός (el) (ypothetikós)
• Hungarian: feltételes (hu)

• Japanese: 条件付きの (jōkentsuki no)
• Latin: conditionalis, condiciōnālis
• Maltese: kundizzjonali
• Occitan: condicional
• Portuguese: condicional (pt)
• Romanian: condițional (ro)
• Romansch: cundiziunal
• Russian: усло́вный (ru) (uslóvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhach
• Spanish: condicional (es)
• Swedish: villkorlig (sv), betingad (sv)
• Tagalog: pasumala
• Turkish: şartlı (tr), koşullu (tr)

in logic

• Arabic: شَرْطِيّ‎ (ar) (šarṭiyy)
• Belarusian: умо́ўны (umóŭny)
• Bulgarian: условен (bg) (usloven)
• Catalan: condicional (ca)
• Finnish: ehdollinen (fi)
• Maltese: kundizzjonali

• Polish: warunkowy (pl)
• Russian: усло́вный (ru) (uslóvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhach
• Swedish: villkorlig (sv)
• Tagalog: pasumala
• Ukrainian: умо́вний (uk) (umóvnyj)