indicative mood

noun

The mood of a verb used in ordinary, factual, or objective statements.

Similar
indicativedeclarative mooddeclarativecommon moodfact mood

Meanings

nounindicative mood (plural indicative moods)

plural indicative moods

  1. grammarThe mood of a verb used in ordinary, factual, or objective statements.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

Similar
indicativedeclarative mooddeclarativecommon moodfact mood

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مَرْفُوع
  • مَرْفُوع (marfūʕ)indicative mood
Bulgarian изяви́телно наклоне́ние
  • изяви́телно наклоне́ние (izjavítelno naklonénie)indicative mood
Chinese Mandarin 直陳語氣 /直陈语气
  • 直陳語氣 /直陈语气 (zhíchén yǔqì)indicative mood
Czech oznamovací způsob
  • oznamovací způsobindicative mood
Dutch aantonende wijs, indicatief
  • aantonende wijsindicative mood
  • indicatiefindicative mood
Finnish indikatiivi, tositapa
  • indikatiiviindicative mood
  • tositapaindicative mood
French indicatif
  • indicatifindicative mood
German Indikativ
  • Indikativindicative mood
Greek οριστική
  • οριστική (oristikí)indicative mood
Hungarian kijelentő mód
  • kijelentő módindicative mood
Icelandic framsöguháttur
  • framsöguhátturindicative mood
Italian indicativo
  • indicativoindicative mood
Japanese 直説法, 直接法
  • 直説法 (chokusetsuhō)indicative mood
  • 直接法 (chokusetsuhō)indicative mood
Korean 직설법, 알림법
  • 직설법 (jikseolbeop)indicative mood
  • 알림법 (allimbeop)indicative mood
Lithuanian tiesioginė nuosaka
  • tiesioginė nuosakaindicative mood
Polish tryb orzekający, tryb oznajmujący
  • tryb orzekającyindicative mood
  • tryb oznajmującyindicative mood
Portuguese modo indicativo
  • modo indicativoindicative mood
Romanian mod indicativ, indicativ
  • mod indicativindicative mood
  • indicativindicative mood
Russian изъяви́тельное наклоне́ние
  • изъяви́тельное наклоне́ние (izʺjavítelʹnoje naklonénije)indicative mood
Slovak oznamovací spôsob
  • oznamovací spôsobindicative mood
Spanish modo indicativo
  • modo indicativoindicative mood
Swedish indikativ
  • indikativindicative mood
Tagalog panaganong paturol
  • panaganong paturolindicative mood
Turkish bildirme kipi, haber kipi
  • bildirme kipiindicative mood
  • haber kipiindicative mood
Ukrainian ді́йсний спо́сіб
  • ді́йсний спо́сіб (díjsnyj spósib)indicative mood
Welsh modd mynegol
  • modd mynegolindicative mood
Cite this entry
APA

indicative mood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicative%20mood

MLA

“indicative mood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicative%20mood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indicative mood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indicative%20mood.

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