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Adjective [English]

Forms: more desiderative [comparative], most desiderative [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēsīderātīvusbor. English desiderative Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:dēsīderātīvus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin dēsīderātīvusbor. English desiderative [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dēsīderātīvus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "desiderative", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="desiderative"> Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus. Head templates: {{en-adj}} desiderative (comparative more desiderative, superlative most desiderative)
  1. Having or indicating wish or desire.
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  2. (grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
    Sense id: en-desiderative-en-adj-rI8V61Nb Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: desire, desideratum

Noun [English]

Forms: desideratives [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēsīderātīvusbor. English desiderative Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:dēsīderātīvus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin dēsīderātīvusbor. English desiderative [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dēsīderātīvus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "desiderative", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="desiderative"> Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus. Head templates: {{en-noun}} desiderative (plural desideratives)
  1. (linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative. Translations (wishing to): desideratiu (Catalan), desideratiivi (Finnish), désidératif (French), ευχετικός (efchetikós) [masculine] (Greek), desiderativo (Portuguese), desiderativo (Spanish)
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Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /de.zi.de.raˈti.ve/, /de.si.de.raˈti.ve/
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  1. feminine plural of desiderativo Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: desiderativo
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        {
          "word": "desiderativo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of desiderativo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desiderativo",
          "desiderativo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/de.zi.de.raˈti.ve/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/de.si.de.raˈti.ve/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ive"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desiderative"
}

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