"optative" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒptətɪv/, /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optative.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv Etymology: From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|optatif}} Middle French optatif, {{der|en|LL.|optātīvus}} Late Latin optātīvus, {{cog|grc|εὐκτική||related to wishing}} Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), {{der|en|la|optātus}} Latin optātus, {{m|la|optāre}} optāre Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} optative (not comparable)
  1. Expressing a wish or a choice. Tags: not-comparable Translations (expressing a wish): εὐκτικός (euktikós) (Ancient Greek), życzeniowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-optative-en-adj--kgJqBLb Disambiguation of 'expressing a wish': 91 9
  2. (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (pertaining to the optative mood): dëshirore (Albanian), εὐκτικός (euktikós) (Ancient Greek), желателен (želatelen) (Bulgarian), optativo (Esperanto), optatiivinen (Finnish), óhajtó (Hungarian), ottativo (Italian), 원망법 (wonmangbeop) (Korean), życzący (Polish), thức mong mỏi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-optative-en-adj-9-17go8I Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the optative mood': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: opt. [abbreviation] [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: cooptative

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒptətɪv/, /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: optatives [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv Etymology: From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|optatif}} Middle French optatif, {{der|en|LL.|optātīvus}} Late Latin optātīvus, {{cog|grc|εὐκτική||related to wishing}} Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), {{der|en|la|optātus}} Latin optātus, {{m|la|optāre}} optāre Head templates: {{en-noun}} optative (plural optatives)
  1. (grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish. Categories (topical): Grammatical moods
    Sense id: en-optative-en-noun-XJ-T3Gri Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 14 61 14 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-optative-en-noun-JGvnXoXl Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: opt. [abbreviation] [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: optatively Related terms: subjunctive Translations (optative): εὐκτική (euktikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), arzu şəkli (Azerbaijani), optativo (Esperanto), optatiivi (Finnish), optatif [masculine] (French), Optativ (German), Wunschform (German), ευκτική (efktikí) [feminine] (Greek), optativus (Hungarian), óhajtó mód (Hungarian), óskháttur [masculine] (Icelandic), ottativo [masculine] (Italian), 원망법 (wonmangbeop) (Korean), ġewȳsċendlīċ (Old English), tryb życzący [masculine] (Polish), optativo [masculine] (Portuguese), optativo [masculine] (Spanish), optativ [common-gender] (Swedish), istek kipi (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'optative': 0 0

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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euktikós",
      "sense": "expressing a wish",
      "word": "εὐκτικός"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "expressing a wish",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
      "word": "dëshirore"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "желателен"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
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      "word": "εὐκτικός"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonmangbeop",
      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
      "word": "원망법"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
      "word": "życzący"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the optative mood",
      "word": "thức mong mỏi"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "arzu şəkli"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "optatiivi"
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      "sense": "optative",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optatif"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "Optativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "Wunschform"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "efktikí",
      "sense": "optative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euktikḗ",
      "sense": "optative",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "optativus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "óhajtó mód"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "optative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óskháttur"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "optative",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ottativo"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonmangbeop",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "원망법"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "ġewȳsċendlīċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "optative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tryb życzący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "optative",
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      "word": "optativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "optative",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "optative",
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      "word": "optativ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "optative",
      "word": "istek kipi"
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