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substantivise

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To use as or convert into a substantive (noun).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nominalise, noun, substantive

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From substantive (noun and adjective) + -ise.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: субстантивизи́рам (substantivizíram) — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Catalan: substantivar — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名詞化 /名词化 (míngcíhuà) — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Czech: substantizovat — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Danish: substantivere — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Dutch: substantiveren — to convert into or use as a noun
  • French: substantiver — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Galician: substantivar — to convert into or use as a noun
  • German: substantivieren — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Greek: ουσιαστικοποιώ (ousiastikopoió) — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Italian: sostantivare — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Latvian: substantivēt — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Polish: substantywizować — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Polish: zsubstantywizować — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Portuguese: substantivar — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Romanian: substantiviza — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Russian: субстантиви́ровать (substantivírovatʹ) — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Slovak: substantizovať — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Spanish: sustantivar — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Spanish: substantivar — to convert into or use as a noun
  • Swedish: substantivera — to convert into or use as a noun