conjectural

English

Etymology

From conjecture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

conjectural (comparative more conjectural, superlative most conjectural)

1. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
   • 1863, Jules Festu, Practical lessons on the comparative construction of the verb in the French and English languages:

     In conjectural statements, the French often use the Future or the Conditional, instead of the Perfect or the Pluperfect used in English.

   • 1844, Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, On Superstitions Connected with the History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery:

     Medicine, however, has been, and still continues to be, an art so conjectural and uncertain, that our astonishment at the anxiety with which empirics have been sought after and followed is much diminished.

Synonyms

• hypothetical

Derived terms

• conjecturalism
• conjecturalist
• conjecturally
• nonconjectural

 

Translations

in the nature of a conjecture

• Arabic: فَرَضِيّ (faraḍiyy)
• Bulgarian: предполагаем (bg) (predpolagaem)
• Dutch: verondersteld (nl), gegist (nl), conjecturaal
• French: conjectural (fr)
• Galician: conxectural (gl)
• Hungarian: feltevésen alapuló
• Italian: congetturale (it)
• Latin: opīnābilis
• Portuguese: conjectural
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavljen (sh) m
• Uzbek: faraziy (uz)

Noun

conjectural (plural conjecturals)

1. Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
   • 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs, page 15:

     Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

conjectural (feminine conjecturale, masculine plural conjecturaux, feminine plural conjecturales)

1. conjectural

Further reading

• “conjectural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaʊ̯], /kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaʊ̯], /kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒe.ki.tuˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaw/ [kõ.ʒek.tuˈɾaʊ̯]

Adjective

conjectural m or f (plural conjecturais)

1. conjectural (in the nature of a conjecture)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conjectural. By surface analysis, conjectură +‎ -al.

Adjective

conjectural m or n (feminine singular conjecturală, masculine plural conjecturali, feminine and neuter plural conjecturale)

1. conjectural

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conjectural		conjecturală		conjecturali	conjecturale
	definite	conjecturalul		conjecturala		conjecturalii	conjecturalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conjectural		conjecturale		conjecturali	conjecturale
	definite	conjecturalului		conjecturalei		conjecturalilor	conjecturalelor