implicature

English

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/

Noun

implicature (plural implicatures)

1. (pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

Usage notes

Collocations

• Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.

Related terms

• implicate
• implication

Translations

An implied meaning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 含意 (zh) (hányì)

• Czech: implikatura f
• Dutch: implicatuur f
• Finnish: piilomerkitys
• French: implicature (fr) f
• German: Implikatur (de) f
• Greek: υπονόηση n (yponóisi)
• Hungarian: implikatúra
• Japanese: 含意 (ja) (gan'i)
• Portuguese: implicatura f
• Russian: импликатура (ru) f (implikatura)
• Spanish: implicatura f
• Swedish: implikatur (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Latin

Participle

implicātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of implicātūrus