"subjunctive mood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: subjunctive moods [plural]
Etymology: From subjunctive (from Latin subjunctivus, from sub- (“under”) + junctus (“joined”), perfect passive participle of jungere (“to join”) + adjective suffix -ivus) + mood (from Latin modus). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|subjunctivus}} Latin subjunctivus, {{uder|en|la|modus}} Latin modus Head templates: {{en-noun}} subjunctive mood (plural subjunctive moods)
  1. (grammar) Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands. Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical moods Synonyms: conjunctive, conjunctive mode, conjunctive mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mode Translations (subjunctive mood): mënyra lidhore [feminine] (Albanian), ὑποτακτική (hupotaktikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), حالَةُ النَّصْبِ (ḥālatu n-naṣbi) [feminine] (Arabic), ըղձական եղանակ (əġjakan eġanak) (Armenian), умо́ўны лад (umóŭny lad) [masculine] (Belarusian), doare-sujañ [masculine] (Breton), усло́вно наклоне́ние (uslóvno naklonénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), mode subjuntiu [masculine] (Catalan), subjuntiu (Catalan), 虛擬語氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚拟语气 (xūnǐ yǔqì) (Chinese Mandarin), konjunktiv [masculine] (Czech), subjunktiv [masculine] (Czech), konjunktiv [common-gender] (Danish), aanvoegende wijs [masculine] (Dutch), bijvoegende wijs [masculine] (Dutch), conjunctief [masculine] (Dutch), subjunctief [masculine] (Dutch), subjunktivo (Esperanto), konjunktiiv (Estonian), hugsháttur [masculine] (Faroese), konjunktiivi (note: esp. applied for Latin and German) (Finnish), subjunktiivi (note: esp. applied for English and descendants of Latin) (Finnish), subjonctif [masculine] (French), Konjunktiv [masculine] (German), Möglichkeitsform [feminine] (German), Subjunktiv [masculine, rare] (German), υποτακτική (ypotaktikí) [feminine] (Greek), kötőmód (Hungarian), felszólító mód (note: see also Usage notes of the latter article) (Hungarian), viðtengingarháttur [masculine] (Icelandic), subjunctivo [masculine] (Interlingua), modh foshuiteach [masculine] (Irish), congiuntivo [masculine] (Italian), 仮定法 (kateihō) (alt: かていほう) (Japanese), 接続法 (setsuzokuhō) (alt: せつぞくほう) (Japanese), 가정법 (gajeongbeop) (alt: 假定法) (Korean), modus coniunctivus [masculine] (Latin), modus adiunctivus [masculine] (Latin), konjunktīvs [masculine] (Latvian), tariamoji nuosaka (Lithuanian), konjunktyvas [masculine] (Lithuanian), погодбен начин (pogodben način) [masculine] (Macedonian), конјунктив (konjunktiv) [masculine] (Macedonian), subjonctif [masculine] (Norman), konjunktiv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), التزامی (eltezâmi) (Persian), tryb łączący [masculine] (Polish), modo conjuntivo [masculine] (Portuguese), conjuntivo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), modo subjuntivo [masculine] (Portuguese), subjuntivo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), conjunctiv [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), сослага́тельное наклоне́ние (soslagátelʹnoje naklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), конъюнкти́в (konʺjunktív) [masculine] (Russian), субъюнкти́в (subʺjunktív) [masculine] (Russian), modh fo-leantach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ко̏њунктӣв [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), везни начин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȍnjunktīv [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vezni način [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), konjunktív [masculine] (Slovak), pogojni naklon [masculine] (Slovene), konjunktiv [masculine] (Slovene), subjunktiv (Slovene), modo subjuntivo [masculine] (Spanish), subjuntivo [masculine] (Spanish), conjuntivo [masculine] (Spanish), konjunktiv [common-gender] (Swedish), panaganong pasakali (Tagalog), istek kipi (Turkish), dilek kipi (Turkish), subjonktif (Turkish), умо́вний спо́сіб (umóvnyj spósib) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thức giả định (Vietnamese), modd dibynnol [masculine] (Welsh), קאָניונקטיוו (konyunktiv) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "mënyra lidhore"
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          "roman": "ḥālatu n-naṣbi",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "حالَةُ النَّصْبِ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "əġjakan eġanak",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "ըղձական եղանակ"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "umóŭny lad",
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          "word": "doare-sujañ"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uslóvno naklonénie",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "усло́вно наклоне́ние"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mode subjuntiu"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "subjuntiu"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "虛擬語氣"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xūnǐ yǔqì",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "虚拟语气"
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        {
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "konjunktiv"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "subjunktiv"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "konjunktiv"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aanvoegende wijs"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "bijvoegende wijs"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "conjunctief"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "subjunctief"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "subjunktivo"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "Konjunktiv"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Möglichkeitsform"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
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            "rare"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypotaktikí",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "υποτακτική"
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          "roman": "hupotaktikḗ",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ὑποτακτική"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "kötőmód"
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          "word": "felszólító mód"
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          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "viðtengingarháttur"
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          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
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          "word": "subjunctivo"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "modh foshuiteach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "congiuntivo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かていほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kateihō",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "仮定法"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せつぞくほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsuzokuhō",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "接続法"
        },
        {
          "alt": "假定法",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gajeongbeop",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "가정법"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modus coniunctivus"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modus adiunctivus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktīvs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "tariamoji nuosaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktyvas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pogodben način",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "погодбен начин"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "konjunktiv",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "конјунктив"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "subjonctif"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "eltezâmi",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "التزامی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tryb łączący"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modo conjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modo subjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "subjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "conjunctiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soslagátelʹnoje naklonénije",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сослага́тельное наклоне́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "konʺjunktív",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "конъюнкти́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "subʺjunktív",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "субъюнкти́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modh fo-leantach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко̏њунктӣв"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "везни начин"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kȍnjunktīv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vezni način"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktív"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pogojni naklon"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "subjunktiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modo subjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "subjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conjuntivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "konjunktiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "panaganong pasakali"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "istek kipi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "dilek kipi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "subjonktif"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "umóvnyj spósib",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "умо́вний спо́сіб"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "word": "thức giả định"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modd dibynnol"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "konyunktiv",
          "sense": "subjunctive mood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קאָניונקטיוו"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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      "name": "uder"
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      "args": {
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Persian translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
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          "word": "conjunctive mode"
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          "word": "conjunctive mood"
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          "word": "subjunctive"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mënyra lidhore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥālatu n-naṣbi",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حالَةُ النَّصْبِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əġjakan eġanak",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "ըղձական եղանակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "umóŭny lad",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "умо́ўны лад"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doare-sujañ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uslóvno naklonénie",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усло́вно наклоне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mode subjuntiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "subjuntiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "虛擬語氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūnǐ yǔqì",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "虚拟语气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aanvoegende wijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bijvoegende wijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conjunctief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjunctief"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "subjunktivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "konjunktiiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hugsháttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "esp. applied for Latin and German",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "konjunktiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "esp. applied for English and descendants of Latin",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "subjunktiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjonctif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Möglichkeitsform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Subjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypotaktikí",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υποτακτική"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupotaktikḗ",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὑποτακτική"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "kötőmód"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "see also Usage notes of the latter article",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "felszólító mód"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viðtengingarháttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjunctivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modh foshuiteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "congiuntivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かていほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kateihō",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "仮定法"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せつぞくほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsuzokuhō",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "接続法"
    },
    {
      "alt": "假定法",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gajeongbeop",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "가정법"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modus coniunctivus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modus adiunctivus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktīvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "tariamoji nuosaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktyvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pogodben način",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "погодбен начин"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "konjunktiv",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конјунктив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjonctif"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eltezâmi",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "التزامی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tryb łączący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modo conjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modo subjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "conjunctiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soslagátelʹnoje naklonénije",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сослага́тельное наклоне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konʺjunktív",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конъюнкти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "subʺjunktív",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субъюнкти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modh fo-leantach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̏њунктӣв"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "везни начин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kȍnjunktīv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vezni način"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktív"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pogojni naklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "subjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modo subjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conjuntivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konjunktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "panaganong pasakali"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "istek kipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "dilek kipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "subjonktif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "umóvnyj spósib",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "умо́вний спо́сіб"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "word": "thức giả định"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modd dibynnol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "konyunktiv",
      "sense": "subjunctive mood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאָניונקטיוו"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subjunctive mood"
}

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