illative

English

Etymology

From Late Latin illātīvus (“illative”), from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; bury; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈleɪtɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

illative (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to an illation.

   an illative consequence or proposition

   an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore"

2. (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.

Noun

illative (plural illatives)

1. (grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
2. an illation.
3. (grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case.

Related terms

• illation
• infer
• inference

Translations

(grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference — See also translations at inferential

• Hungarian: következtető vagy magyarázó (literally “inferring or explaining”)

(grammar) illative case

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 入格 (zh) (rùgé)

• Estonian: sisseütlev (et), illatiiv (et)
• Finnish: illatiivi (fi), sisätulento (fi)
• French: illatif (fr)
• Hungarian: illativus
• Japanese: 入格 (ja) (にゅうかく, nyūkaku)
• Northern Sami: illatiiva
• Russian: иллати́вный паде́ж m (illatívnyj padéž), иллати́в (ru) m (illatív)

Anagrams

• veiltail

Latin

Adjective

illātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of illātīvus