conjunctive

English

Etymology

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv

Adjective

conjunctive (not comparable)

2. (astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
4. (grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
6. (grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
8. (grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé

   Antonym: disjunctive

10. (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

    Synonym: subjunctive

12. (logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.

    Antonym: disjunctive

14. (obsolete) Closely united.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], line 15:

      She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

Derived terms

• canonical conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive adjunct
• conjunctive adverb
• conjunctive approach
• conjunctive archaeology
• conjunctive conjunction
• conjunctive error
• conjunctive eye movement
• conjunctive grammar
• conjunctive illocutionary act
• conjunctively
• conjunctive management
• conjunctive membrane
• conjunctive mode
• conjunctive mood
• conjunctiveness
• conjunctive normal form
• conjunctive operation
• conjunctive participle
• conjunctive symbiosis
• conjunctive tissue
• conjunctive tunic
• conjunctive use
• conjunctive verb
• non-conjunctive
• unconjunctive

 

Related terms

• conjunct
• conjunction

 

Translations

conjoining

• Bulgarian: свързващ (bg) (svǎrzvašt), съединителен (bg) (sǎedinitelen)
• Finnish: konjunktiivinen
• French: conjonctif (fr)
• German: verbindend (de)
• Korean: 접속적 (jeopsokjeok)
• Russian: соедини́тельный (ru) (sojedinítelʹnyj), присоедини́тельный (ru) (prisojedinítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: conjuntivo (es)

grammar: relating to a conjunction

• Finnish: konjunktiivinen
• French: conjonctif (fr)
• Korean: 접속적 (jeopsokjeok)
• Russian: соедини́тельный (ru) (sojedinítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: conjuntivo (es)

grammar: subjunctive

• Finnish: konjunktiivinen
• German: konjunktiv
• Italian: congiuntivo (it) m
• Portuguese: conjuntivo (pt)
• Russian: сослага́тельный (ru) (soslagátelʹnyj)

logic: of or relating to logical conjunction

• Finnish: konjunktiivinen
• German: konjunktiv
• Polish: koniunkcyjny
• Romanian: conjunctiv (ro)

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} acomhlach

Noun

conjunctive (plural conjunctives)

1. (grammar) A conjunction.
2. (grammar) The subjunctive.
3. (logic) A conjunction.

See also

• conjunctional
• conjunctiva

Latin

Adjective

conjūnctīve

1. vocative masculine singular of conjūnctīvus