Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

desiderative en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus.

Meanings

  1. Having or indicating wish or desire.
  2. Of a verb expressing a wish.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most desiderative Degree=Sup lexicographic
more desiderative Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

desire · desideratum

desiderative en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus.

Meanings

  1. A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
desideratives Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

ca desideratiu (wishing to) · fi desideratiivi (wishing to) · el ευχετικός (wishing to) · es desiderativo (wishing to) · pt desiderativo (wishing to) · fr désidératif (wishing to)