adjectival
UK/ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl//ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/
adjectival adjective: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
Adjective
adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)
Noun
adjectival (plural adjectivals)
- An adjectival phrase or clause.
- Within this line of reasoning, then, Tagalog is classified as a language in which adjectivals are essentially neutral between a nouny and a verby interpretation.2013, Harrie Wetzer, The Typology of Adjectival Predication, page 240
adjectival meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and Nepali
adjectival in Tamil
- functioning as an adjective
- உரிச்சொல் uriccol
adjectival in Malayalam
- adjectival
- വിശേഷണ viśēṣaṇa
adjectival in Punjabi
- functioning as an adjective
- ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣੀ viśeśṇī
adjectival in Nepali
- functioning as an adjective
- विशेषण viśeṣaṇ
More languagesFewer languages
- adjectival in Tagalog
- makauri
- adjectival in Arabic
- وَصْفِيّ waṣfiyy, نَعْتِيّ naʕtiyy
- adjectival in Malay
- kata sifat
- adjectival in Indonesian
- kata sifat
- adjectival in Persian
- وصفی vasfi
- adjectival in Thai
- คุณศัพท์ kun-ná-sàp
- adjectival in Vietnamese
- có tính chất tính từ
- Dhivehi
- ނަނއިތުރު nanituru
Examples of adjectival in a sentence
- Now, can anyone tell me what the adjectival form would be?”
- Adjectival nouns are simply identical in form to adjectives of a particular gender and decline accordingly.
- These pronouns can be termed adjectival on the basis of the fact that they substitute for adjectives.
Synonyms of adjectival
Forms of adjectival
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more adjectival |
| superlative | most adjectival |
| Noun | |
| plural | adjectivals |
Origin of adjectival
From adjective + -al.
Words formed from adjectival
Phrases with adjectival
Words that rhyme with adjectival
- revival
- arrival
- survival
- rival
- buccogingival
- corrival
- estival
- gingival
- infinitival
- nival
- ogival
- subnival
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- substantival
- ablatival
- accusatival
- aestival
- arch-rival
- archrival
- conjunctival
- corival
- corneoconjunctival
- datival
- deprival
- derival
- diminutival
- distogingival
- genitival
- gerundival
- imperatival
- intraconjunctival
- keratoconjunctival
- myoconjunctival
- negatival
- non-arrival
- nonarrival
- nonconjunctival
- nonrival
- outrival
- passival
- perspectival
- pharyngoconjunctival
- possessival
- predicatival
- relatival
- scleroconjunctival
- subconjunctival
- subgingival
- thyroprival
- transconjunctival
- unarrival
Questions about adjectival
- What does adjectival mean?
- Adjectival means of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
- What is adjectival in Tamil?
- Adjectival in Tamil is உரிச்சொல் (uriccol). See Adjectival meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adjectival?
- Adjectival can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce adjectival?
- Adjectival is pronounced /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/ (UK).
Words near adjectival in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adjectival (page history and authors); വിശേഷണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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