adjective · rare

conjunctive

соединительный, сослагательный, присоединительный

konjunktiv, verbindend

Connective: tending to join, unite, connectConnective: tending to join, unite, connect.

/kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/

Meaning

9 senses

(not comparable)Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
serving or tending to connect
(not comparable)Connected: being joined, united, connected.
(not comparable)Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
(not comparable)Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
соедини́тельныйsojedinítelʹnyj
(not comparable)Relating to the conjunctive mood.
(not comparable)Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
(not comparable)Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
konjunktiv
сослага́тельныйsoslagátelʹnyj
(not comparable)Of or relating to logical conjunction.
konjunktiv
(not comparable, obsolete)Closely united.

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

conjoining:

grammar: subjunctive:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

conjoining:

grammar: subjunctive:

Origin

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniun

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

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