different between subjunctive vs irrealis

English

Etymology

From Latin subjunct?vus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?d???kt?v/

Adjective

subjunctive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

Translations

Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

Derived terms

• subjunctive mood

Related terms

• subjoin

Translations

Further reading

• Subjunctive mood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• English subjunctive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Interlingua

Adjective

subjunctive

1. subjunctive

Related terms

• subjunctivo

Latin

Adjective

subj?nct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of subj?nct?vus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i???l?s/, /??i?æl?s/, /???i?l?s/
• Hyphenation: ir?real?is

Adjective

irrealis (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

   Although the only irrealis mood in English is the subjunctive mood, some other languages include additional irrealis moods, including cohortative, jussive, speculative, and optative.

Anagrams

• lairiser