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Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English imperative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imperatif/
- Rhymes: -tif, -if
- Hyphenation: im‧pé‧ra‧tif
Adjective
imperatif (Jawi spelling ايمڤيراتيف)
- imperative
Noun
imperatif (Jawi spelling ايمڤيراتيف)
- (linguistics) an imperative; the form of a verb that expresses a command
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperativus.
Noun
imperatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural imperatis, nominative singular imperatis, nominative plural imperatif)
- (grammar) imperative (mood)
Descendants