Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irrealis

/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: ir-real-is
IPA: /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

noun

An irrealis construct.

Example Sentences

"[…] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content."

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: in-

Inflected Forms

irrealises (plural)

Phrases

irrealis mood

Frequently Paired Words

subjunctive

Questions

How do you pronounce irrealis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/.
What does irrealis mean?: Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
Where does irrealis come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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