indicative

English

Alternative forms

• ind. (abbreviation, grammar)

Etymology

From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

indicative (comparative more indicative, superlative most indicative)

1. Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.

   He had pains indicative of a heart attack.

   • 2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 29:

     Although it may be convenient within the case study publication format to cover the topic of pseudopathology in the discussion of differential diagnosis, this is not indicative of how this stage of work slots into the diagnostic process in the laboratory.

2. (grammar) Of, or relating to the indicative mood.

Derived terms

• bioindicative
• contraindicative
• indicative conditional
• indicatively
• indicativeness
• indicative planning
• indicative vote
• nonindicative
• unindicative

Translations

serving as a sign

• Bulgarian: показващ (bg) (pokazvašt), показателен (bg) (pokazatelen)
• Catalan: indicatiu (ca)
• Dutch: indicatief (nl)
• Finnish: indikatiivinen (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr)
• German: indikativ, hinweisend (de)
• Greek: ενδεικτικός (el) (endeiktikós)

  Ancient: φραστικός (phrastikós)

• Hungarian: (expressed with verbs) jelez (hu), jelöl (hu), utal (hu)
• Italian: indicativo (it)
• Latin: indicābilis
• Macedonian: показа́телен (pokazátelen)
• Old English: bicnol
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt), indicador (pt)
• Russian: свиде́тельствующий (ru) (svidételʹstvujuščij), ука́зывающий (ru) (ukázyvajuščij), пока́зывающий (ru) (pokázyvajuščij)

of, or relating to the indicative mood

• Catalan: indicatiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: kindel (et)
• Finnish: indikatiivi-, indikatiivinen (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὁριστικός (horistikós)

• Hungarian: kijelentő (hu), kijelentő módú
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} framsögu-, ^{(please verify)} framsöguháttar-
• Italian: indicativo (it)
• Latin: indicātīvus
• Macedonian: и́сказен (ískazen)
• Old English: gebīcniendlīċ
• Persian: گزارشی (fa) (gozâreši)
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt)
• Russian: изъяви́тельный (ru) (izʺjavítelʹnyj)
• Tagalog: paturol

Noun

indicative (countable and uncountable, plural indicatives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
2. (grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 253:

     The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.

Derived terms

• imperfect indicative
• present indicative

Translations

the indicative mood

• Bulgarian: изяви́телно наклоне́ние n (izjavítelno naklonénie)
• Catalan: indicatiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陈述语气

• Czech: indikativ (cs) m
• Dutch: aantonende wijs (nl) m, indicatief (nl) m
• Esperanto: indikativa
• Finnish: indikatiivi (fi)
• French: indicatif (fr) m
• Galician: indicativo (gl) m
• German: Indikativ (de) m
• Greek: οριστική (el) f (oristikí)

  Ancient: ὁριστική f (horistikḗ)

• Hungarian: kijelentő mód (hu)
• Icelandic: framsöguháttur (is) m
• Italian: indicativo (it) m
• Latin: indicativus
• Macedonian: и́сказен на́чин m (ískazen náčin)
• Occitan: indicatiu (oc) m
• Old French: indicatif m
• Persian: گزارشی (fa) (gozâreši)
• Polish: tryb orzekający (pl) m, tryb oznajmujący (pl) m
• Portuguese: indicativo (pt) m
• Russian: изъяви́тельное наклоне́ние (ru) n (izʺjavítelʹnoje naklonénije)
• Spanish: indicativo (es)
• Tagalog: paturol

Further reading

• indicative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ka.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

indicative

1. feminine singular of indicatif

Italian

Adjective

indicative

1. feminine plural of indicativo

Anagrams

• indicatevi

Latin

Adjective

indicātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of indicātīvus