subjunctive mood

noun

Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.

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conjunctiveconjunctive modeconjunctive moodsubjunctivesubjunctive mode
OriginLatin subjunctivus →
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Meanings

nounsubjunctive mood (plural subjunctive moods)

plural subjunctive moods

  1. grammarMood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.

    Synonyms: conjunctive, conjunctive mode, conjunctive mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mode

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.

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conjunctiveconjunctive modeconjunctive moodsubjunctivesubjunctive mode

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

Similar
subjunctive
Broader
moodmodemodality
Also see
subjunctive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmodus
  2. Latinsubjunctivus
  3. Englishsubjunctive mood

From subjunctive (from Latin subjunctivus, from sub- (“under”) + junctus (“joined”), perfect passive participle of jungere (“to join”) + adjective suffix -ivus) + mood (from Latin modus).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὑποτακτική
  • ὑποτακτική (hupotaktikḗ)subjunctive mood
Arabic حالَةُ النَّصْبِ
  • حالَةُ النَّصْبِ (ḥālatu n-naṣbi)subjunctive mood
Bulgarian усло́вно наклоне́ние
  • усло́вно наклоне́ние (uslóvno naklonénie)subjunctive mood
Catalan mode subjuntiu, subjuntiu
  • mode subjuntiusubjunctive mood
  • subjuntiusubjunctive mood
Chinese Mandarin 虛擬語氣 /虚拟语气
  • 虛擬語氣 /虚拟语气 (xūnǐ yǔqì)subjunctive mood
Czech konjunktiv, subjunktiv
  • konjunktivsubjunctive mood
  • subjunktivsubjunctive mood
Danish konjunktiv
  • konjunktivsubjunctive mood
Dutch aanvoegende wijs, bijvoegende wijs
  • aanvoegende wijssubjunctive mood
  • bijvoegende wijssubjunctive mood
  • conjunctiefsubjunctive mood
  • subjunctiefsubjunctive mood
Esperanto subjunktivo
  • subjunktivosubjunctive mood
Estonian konjunktiiv
  • konjunktiivsubjunctive mood
Finnish konjunktiivi, subjunktiivi
  • konjunktiivisubjunctive mood
  • subjunktiivisubjunctive mood
French subjonctif
  • subjonctifsubjunctive mood
German Konjunktiv, Möglichkeitsform
  • Konjunktivsubjunctive mood
  • Möglichkeitsformsubjunctive mood
  • Subjunktivsubjunctive mood
Greek υποτακτική
  • υποτακτική (ypotaktikí)subjunctive mood
Hungarian kötőmód, felszólító mód
  • kötőmódsubjunctive mood
  • felszólító módsubjunctive mood
Icelandic viðtengingarháttur
  • viðtengingarháttursubjunctive mood
Irish modh foshuiteach
  • modh foshuiteachsubjunctive mood
Italian congiuntivo
  • congiuntivosubjunctive mood
Japanese 仮定法, 接続法
  • 仮定法 (kateihō)subjunctive mood
  • 接続法 (setsuzokuhō)subjunctive mood
Korean 가설법, 가정법
  • 가설법 (gaseolbeop)subjunctive mood
  • 가정법 (gajeongbeop)subjunctive mood
Latin modus coniunctivus, modus adiunctivus
  • modus coniunctivussubjunctive mood
  • modus adiunctivussubjunctive mood
Latvian konjunktīvs
  • konjunktīvssubjunctive mood
Lithuanian tariamoji nuosaka, konjunktyvas
  • tariamoji nuosakasubjunctive mood
  • konjunktyvassubjunctive mood
Norwegian Bokmål konjunktiv
  • konjunktivsubjunctive mood
Persian التزامی, وجه پیرو
  • التزامی (eltezâmi)subjunctive mood
  • وجه پیرو (vajh-e peyro)subjunctive mood
Polish tryb łączący
  • tryb łączącysubjunctive mood
Portuguese modo conjuntivo, conjuntivo
  • modo conjuntivosubjunctive mood
  • conjuntivosubjunctive mood
  • modo subjuntivosubjunctive mood
  • subjuntivosubjunctive mood
Romanian conjunctiv
  • conjunctivsubjunctive mood
Russian сослага́тельное наклоне́ние, конъюнкти́в
  • сослага́тельное наклоне́ние (soslagátelʹnoje naklonénije)subjunctive mood
  • конъюнкти́в (konʺjunktív)subjunctive mood
  • субъюнкти́в (subʺjunktív)subjunctive mood
Scottish Gaelic modh fo-leantach
  • modh fo-leantachsubjunctive mood
Slovak konjunktív
  • konjunktívsubjunctive mood
Spanish modo subjuntivo, subjuntivo
  • modo subjuntivosubjunctive mood
  • subjuntivosubjunctive mood
  • conjuntivosubjunctive mood
Swedish konjunktiv
  • konjunktivsubjunctive mood
Tagalog panaganong pasakali
  • panaganong pasakalisubjunctive mood
Turkish istek kipi, dilek kipi
  • istek kipisubjunctive mood
  • dilek kipisubjunctive mood
  • subjonktifsubjunctive mood
Ukrainian умо́вний спо́сіб
  • умо́вний спо́сіб (umóvnyj spósib)subjunctive mood
Vietnamese thức giả định
  • thức giả địnhsubjunctive mood
Welsh modd dibynnol
  • modd dibynnolsubjunctive mood
Yiddish קאָניונקטיוו
  • קאָניונקטיוו (konyunktiv)subjunctive mood
Cite this entry
APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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