indicative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation, grammar): ind.

Etymology

From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/

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Adjective

indicative (comparative more indicative, superlative most indicative)

1. serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

   He had pains indicative of a heart attack.

2. (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood

Translations

serving as a sign

• Bulgarian: показващ (bg) (pokazvašt), показателен (bg) (pokazatelen)
• Catalan: indicatiu (ca)
• Dutch: indicatief (nl)
• Finnish: indikatiivinen (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr)
• German: indikativ, hinweisend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φραστικός (phrastikós)

• Hungarian: (expressed with verbs) jelez (hu), jelöl (hu), utal (hu)
• Italian: indicativo (it)
• Latin: indicābilis
• Old English: bicnol
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt), indicador (pt)
• Russian: свиде́тельствующий (ru) (svidételʹstvujuščij), ука́зывающий (ru) (ukázyvajuščij), пока́зывающий (ru) (pokázyvajuščij)

of, or relating to the indicative mood

• Catalan: indicatiu (ca)
• Estonian: kindel (et)
• Finnish: indikatiivi-, indikatiivinen (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὁριστικός (horistikós)

• Hungarian: kijelentő (hu), kijelentő módú
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} framsögu-, ^{(please verify)} framsöguháttar-
• Italian: indicativo (it)
• Latin: indicātīvus
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt)
• Russian: изъяви́тельный (ru) (izʺjavítelʹnyj)
• Tagalog: paturol

Noun

indicative (countable and uncountable, plural indicatives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
2. (grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 253:

     The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.

Translations

the indicative mood

• Bulgarian: изяви́телно наклоне́ние n (izjavítelno naklonénie)
• Catalan: indicatiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陈述语气

• Czech: indikativ (cs) m
• Dutch: aantonende wijs (nl) m, indicatief (nl) m
• Finnish: indikatiivi (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr) m
• Galician: indicativo (gl) m
• German: Indikativ (de) m
• Greek: οριστική (el) f (oristikí)

  Ancient: ὁριστική f (horistikḗ)

• Hungarian: kijelentő mód (hu)

• Icelandic: framsöguháttur (is) m
• Italian: indicativo (it) m
• Latin: indicativus
• Occitan: indicatiu m
• Old French: indicatif m
• Persian: گزارشی‎ (fa) (gozâreši)
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt) m
• Russian: изъяви́тельное наклоне́ние (ru) n (izʺjavítelʹnoje naklonénije)
• Spanish: indicativo (es)
• Tagalog: paturol

Further reading

• indicative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Adjective

indicative

1. feminine singular of indicatif

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Italian

Adjective

indicative

1. feminine plural of indicativo

Anagrams

• indicatevi

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Latin

Adjective

indicātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of indicātīvus