optative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation, grammar): opt.

Etymology

From Middle French optatif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  optātīvus, a calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒptətɪv/, /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/
• Hyphenation: op‧ta‧tive
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

optative (not comparable)

1. Expressing a wish or a choice.

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2. (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.

Translations

expressing a wish

• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐκτικός (euktikós)

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pertaining to the optative mood

• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐκτικός (euktikós)

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• Hungarian: óhajtó

Noun

optative (plural optatives)

1. (grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English does not have inflectional optative forms.
2. (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.

Derived terms

• optatively

Translations

optative

• Finnish: optatiivi (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Optativ (de)
• Greek: ευκτική (el) f (efktikí)

  Ancient: ἐυκτική f (euktikḗ)

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• Hungarian: optativus, óhajtó mód
• Icelandic: óskháttur m
• Old English: ġewȳsċendlīċ
• Swedish: optativ c

See also

• subjunctive

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French

Adjective

optative

1. feminine singular of optatif

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) optātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of optātīvus