conjectural

English

Etymology

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English conjecture

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English conjectural

From conjecture + -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

conjectural (comparative more conjectural, superlative most conjectural)

1. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
   • 1863, Jules Festu, Practical lessons on the comparative construction of the verb in the French and English languages:

     In conjectural statements, the French often use the Future or the Conditional, instead of the Perfect or the Pluperfect used in English.

   • 1844, Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, On Superstitions Connected with the History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery:

     Medicine, however, has been, and still continues to be, an art so conjectural and uncertain, that our astonishment at the anxiety with which empirics have been sought after and followed is much diminished.

Synonyms

• hypothetical

Derived terms

• conjecturalism
• conjecturalist
• conjecturally
• nonconjectural

Translations

in the nature of a conjecture

• Arabic: فَرَضِيّ (faraḍiyy)
• Bulgarian: предполагаем (bg) (predpolagaem)
• Catalan: conjectural (ca)
• Dutch: verondersteld (nl), gegist (nl), conjecturaal
• French: conjectural (fr)
• Galician: conxectural (gl)
• Hungarian: feltevésen alapuló
• Italian: congetturale (it)
• Latin: opīnābilis
• Polish: oparty na przypuszczeniach, oparty na domysłach
• Portuguese: conjectural, conjetural
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavljen (sh) m
• Spanish: conjetural (es)
• Uzbek: faraziy (uz)

Noun

conjectural (plural conjecturals)

1. Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
   • 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs, page 15:

     Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coniectūrālis. By surface analysis, conjecture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁal/

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Adjective

conjectural (feminine conjecturale, masculine plural conjecturaux, feminine plural conjecturales)

1. conjectural

Derived terms

• conjecturalement

Further reading

• “conjectural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaʊ̯], /kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaʊ̯]

Adjective

conjectural m or f (plural conjecturais)

1. conjectural (in the nature of a conjecture)

Further reading

• “conjectural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conjectural. By surface analysis, conjectură + -al.

Adjective

conjectural m or n (feminine singular conjecturală, masculine plural conjecturali, feminine/neuter plural conjecturale)

1. conjectural

Declension

Declension of conjectural

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conjectural		conjecturală	conjecturali	conjecturale
	definite	conjecturalul		conjecturala	conjecturalii	conjecturalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conjectural		conjecturale	conjecturali	conjecturale
	definite	conjecturalului		conjecturalei	conjecturalilor	conjecturalelor