imperativus

Dutch

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

Noun

imperativus m (plural imperativi or imperativussen, diminutive imperativusje n)

1. (grammar) the imperative mood or a word therein

Synonyms

• gebiedende wijs
• imperatief

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Latin

Alternative forms

• inperātīvus

Etymology

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From imperō (“to command, order”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.pe.raːˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɪmpɛräːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.raˈti.vus/, [imperäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

1. Of or proceeding from a command, commanded.
2. (grammar) imperative

Derived terms

• imperātīvē

Related terms

• imperābiliter
• imperāns
• imperātōr
• imperātōriē

• imperātōrius
• imperātrīx
• imperātum
• imperātus

• imperiābiliter
• imperiālis
• imperiōsē
• imperiōsus

• imperitō
• imperium
• imperō

Descendants

• Catalan: imperatiu
• English: imperative
• French: impératif
• Italian: imperativo

• Portuguese: imperativo
• Romanian: imperativ
• Spanish: imperativo

References

• “imperativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.