optative

Meaning of optative

noun
  1. (grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English does not have inflectional optative forms.
  2. (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
adjective
  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
  2. (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.

Information about optative

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Hyphenation of optative

op-ta-tive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • optative is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

optative synonyms

Meaning mood:

mood, mode

Translation of optative

Anagrams of optative

potative

Words that rhyme with optative

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