Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to an illation.
an illative consequence or proposition
1 more example
an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore"
- not comparablegrammarOf, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or having the nature of illation or inference
adjectiveresembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
adjectiveexpressing or preceding an inference
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinillātus
- Late Latinillātīvus“illative”
- Englishillative
From Late Latin illātīvus (“illative”), from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; bury; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan il·latiu
- il·latiugrammar: illative case
Chinese Mandarin 入格
- 入格 (rùgé)grammar: illative case
Estonian sisseütlev, illatiiv
- sisseütlevgrammar: illative case
- illatiivgrammar: illative case
Finnish illatiivi, sisätulento
- illatiivigrammar: illative case
- sisätulentogrammar: illative case
French illatif
- illatifgrammar: illative case
Hungarian következtető vagy magyarázó, illativus
- következtető vagy magyarázógrammar: a word or phrase that expresses an inference
- illativusgrammar: illative case
Japanese 入格
- 入格 (nyūkaku)grammar: illative case
Polish słowo wnioskujące, illatyw
- słowo wnioskującegrammar: a word or phrase that expresses an inference
- illatywgrammar: illative case
- illativusgrammar: illative case
Russian иллати́вный паде́ж, иллати́в
- иллати́вный паде́ж (illatívnyj padéž)grammar: illative case
- иллати́в (illatív)grammar: illative case
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
illative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illative
“illative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “illative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illative.
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