irrealis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
noun
  1. An irrealis construct.

Pronunciation

/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/ /ɪɹiˈælɪs/ /ɪˈɹiəlɪs/

Word forms

irrealis irrealises

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.

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