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Meaning of "infinitival" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFINITIVAL

infinitival  [ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtaɪvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFINITIVAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infinitival is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INFINITIVAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Infinitive

Infinitive is a grammatical term used to refer to certain verb forms that exist in many languages. As with many linguistic concepts, there is not a single definition applicable to all languages. The word is derived from Late Latin infinitivus, a derivative of infinitus meaning "infinite". Infinitives are used mostly as non-finite verbs. In traditional descriptions of English, the infinitive is the basic dictionary form of a verb when used non-finitely, with or without the particle to. Thus to go is an infinitive, as is go in a sentence like "I must go there" (but not in "I go there", where it is a finite verb). The form without to is called the bare infinitive, and the form with to is called the full infinitive or to-infinitive. In many other languages the infinitive is a single word, often with a characteristic inflective ending, such as manger ("(to) eat") in French, portare ("(to) carry") in Latin, lieben ("(to) love") in German, etc. However some languages do not have any forms identifiable as infinitives.

Definition of infinitival in the English dictionary

The definition of infinitival in the dictionary is in the form of an infinitive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFINITIVAL


ablatival
ˌæbləˈtaɪvəl
adjectival
ˌædʒɪkˈtaɪvəl
aestival
iːˈstaɪvəl
agentival
ˈeɪdʒənˌtaɪvəl
archrival
ˌɑːtʃˈraɪvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
conjunctival
ˌkɒndʒʌŋkˈtaɪvəl
estival
iːˈstaɪvəl
genitival
ˌdʒɛnɪˈtaɪvəl
gerundival
ˌdʒɛrənˈdaɪvəl
imperatival
ɪmˌperəˈtaɪvəl
nival
ˈnaɪvəl
nominatival
ˌnɒmɪnəˈtaɪvəl
objectival
ˌɒbdʒekˈtaɪvəl
ogival
əʊˈdʒaɪvəl
relatival
ˌreləˈtaɪvəl
revival
rɪˈvaɪvəl
rival
ˈraɪvəl
substantival
ˌsʌbstənˈtaɪvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFINITIVAL

infin.
infinitant
infinitary
infinitate
infinite
infinitely
infiniteness
infinitesimal
infinitesimal calculus
infinitesimally
infinities
infinitivally
infinitive
infinitive marker
infinitively
infinitude
infinitum
infinity
infirm
infirmarer

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFINITIVAL

accusatival
archival
carnival
datival
diminutival
Edinburgh Festival
festival
film festival
fringe festival
gingival
Gothic Revival
Greek Revival
harvest festival
music festival
nonarrival
Parzival
Percival
perspectival
receival
Spring Festival

Synonyms and antonyms of infinitival in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «infinitival» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFINITIVAL

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The translations of infinitival from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infinitival» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不定式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infinitival
570 millions of speakers

English

infinitival
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

infinitival
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

infinitival
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infinitiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

infinitival
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infinitif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Infinitival
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Infinitivkonstruktionen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不定詞の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infinitival
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về vị biến cách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

infinitival
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अननुभनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mastara ait
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infinitivale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

infinitival
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

infinitival
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infinitivala
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαρεμφάτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infinitief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infinitival
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infinitivsmerke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infinitival

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFINITIVAL»

The term «infinitival» is normally little used and occupies the 149.498 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFINITIVAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infinitival

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFINITIVAL»

Discover the use of infinitival in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infinitival and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Infinitival Syntax: Infinitivus Pro Participio as a Repair ...
LC number: 2005047822
Tanja Schmid, 2005
2
Elements of Control: Structure and Meaning in Infinitival ...
In each of the sentences above, an element is missing (from the underlined position) that is nonetheless "filled-in" by your target grammar. This is what linguists term the "understood subject" of the infinitive.
Idan Landau, 2001
3
Infinitival Complement Clauses in English: A Study of Syntax ...
This study is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar.
Christian Mair, 2009
4
Parameters in Old French Syntax: Infinitival Complements
1.1. AIMS AND ASSUMPTIONS This book presents an analysis of infinitival complement constructions in Old French (OF) from the perspective of the Government-Binding (GB) framework.
E.H. Pearce, 1990
5
Infinitival complement constructions in Early New High German
The Theoretical Framework In this section I will outline the analysis of infinitival predicate coupleтаз within the transformational framework. The analyses of other complement types will be introduced in the following section. By predicate ...
Robert Peter Ebert, 1976
6
Covert Modality in Non-finite Contexts
Chapter 2: The syntax of infinitival relatives The goal of this chapter is to determine what kinds of structures best represent different kinds of infinitival relative clauses. We begin with a discussion of the syntactic properties of different kinds of ...
Rajesh Bhatt, 2006
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Infinitival Complements in German: 'Lassen', 'Scheinen' and ...
The book not only offers important insights into the structural complexity of German but also makes a valuable contribution to Government and Binding theory and its application to German, about which very little has been published so far.
Terence McKay, 2009
8
Bare infinitival complements in Dutch
Lyda A. Ruyter. 6.3. The trigger of verb raising. In this section, we will take issue with HvR's stance that verb raising is lexically triggered. While verb-raising on the surface only appears to affect the matrix and embedded verbs, one can assume ...
Lyda A. Ruyter, 1987
9
The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation: An Economy Approach
1.2 Outline Chapters 2-4 of this work deal with infinitival complementation, and chapter 5 examines participial complements. In chapter 2 I examine issues concerning selection and the categorial status of infinitival complements and the  ...
Željko Bošković, 1997
10
Infinitival Subordination in Spanish: A Study of Control, ...
The first part of this dissertation deals with the development of infinitival clauses in natural production data from bilingual children compared to monolingual (L1 English and L1 Spanish) children [ages 2;03-5;01], and the interaction of ...
Rocio Pérez Tattam, 2007

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFINITIVAL»

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Looking at Language: the preposition and wit's end
(Editor's note: No, he didn't end that sentence with a preposition either. The “to” in that sentence was infinitival, and yes, I am really just showing ... «Redlands Daily Facts, Jan 15»
2
The Economist Should Lighten Up and Split Some Infinitives
Users of English do not generally place manner adverbs at the beginning of to infinitival clauses introduced by whether. Otherwise, we end up ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 13»
3
Former Intel boss helps to steer Irish start-ups to the big time
"You have almost infinitival usage cases," O'Hara says. "It is different and unique enough that it has to choose which potential customers and ... «Irish Independent, Mar 12»
4
Jason and the argot: land where Greek's ancient language survives
But, in Romeyka, not only is the infinitive preserved, but we also find quirky infinitival constructions that have never been observed before – only ... «Independent, Jan 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Infinitival [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/infinitival>. Apr 2024 ».
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