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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin coniūnctīvus, from Latin coniūnctus, perfect passive participle of coniungō; noun sense is ultimately from an ellipsis of modus coniūnctīvus (“the joining-together mood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.d͡ʒunˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: con‧giun‧tì‧vo
Adjective
congiuntivo (feminine congiuntiva, masculine plural congiuntivi, feminine plural congiuntive)
- subjunctive
Noun
congiuntivo m (plural congiuntivi)
- (grammar) subjunctive
Further reading
- congiuntivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- congiuntivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- congiuntivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- congiuntìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- congiuntivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- congiuntivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana