"modal particle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: modal particles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} modal particle (plural modal particles)
  1. (linguistics) a word class that indicates the mood of an utterance Wikipedia link: modal particle Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: sentence-final particle Translations (linguistic class): 語氣助詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 语气助词 (yǔqìzhùcí) (Chinese Mandarin), particule modale [feminine] (French), Modalpartikel [feminine] (German), 心態詞 (shintaishi) (Japanese), 양상소사 (yangsangsosa) (Korean), modalpartikel [common-gender] (Swedish), từ ngữ khí (Vietnamese), ngữ khí từ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-modal_particle-en-noun-X4ABDCzK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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