jussive
[ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv]noun, adjective
jussive is spelled J-U-S-S-I-V-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jussive means “The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jussive is jussives.
How many letters and syllables are in jussive?
| Letters | 7: J-U-S-S-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is jussive?
Jussive appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jussive?
- US [ˈd͡ʒʌsɪv]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jussive.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jussive
- jussives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jussive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
- 2
A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.
adjective
- 1
Of or in the jussive mood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jussive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense jussive mood:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jussive come from?
From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).