How to Pronounce “percontative” in English
/pɛrkɒntætæɪv/
per·con·ta·tive
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IPA/pɛrkɒntætæɪv/
Syllablesper·con·ta·tive
What does “percontative” mean?
ADJECTIVE
- That is, expressed in, or having the character of the grammatical mood (mode) of rhetorical questioning; percontatorial.
Example sentences
- “Some [grammatical writers] call these affections of the verb moods; others call them divisions, qualities, states, species, &c.; and as to the various appellations of each mood we have the personative and impersonative, the indicative, declarative, definitive, modus finiendi, modus fatendi, the rogative, interrogative, requisitive, percontative, assertive, enunciative, vocative, precative, deprecative, responsive, concessive, permissive, promissive, adhortative, optative, dubitative, imperative, mandative, conjunctive, subjunctive, adjunctive, potential, participial, infinitive, and probably many others.”
How to pronounce “percontative”
- Syllables:
- per · con · ta · tive
- IPA:
- /pɛrkɒntætæɪv/
- Listen for:
- the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.
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“percontative” is pronounced /pɛrkɒntætæɪv/ (per · con · ta · tive). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.
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“percontative” has 4 syllables: per · con · ta · tive.
What does “percontative” mean?
That is, expressed in, or having the character of the grammatical mood (mode) of rhetorical questioning; percontatorial.