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adjectival noun

adjectival noun noun: a noun used as an adjective.

Noun

adjectival noun (plural adjectival nouns)

  1. A noun used as an adjective.
    • Near-synonyms: attributive noun, noun adjunct (broadly synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    attributive noun, noun adjunct[Appendix:Glossary
  2. A specific part of speech, categorized in Japanese as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi). Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi).
  3. Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns).
    • Adjectival nouns are simply identical in form to adjectives of a particular gender and decline accordingly.2005, James D. Naughton, Czech: An Essential Grammar, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 45
  4. (sometimes) A nominalized adjective.

Synonyms of adjectival noun

Forms of adjectival noun

pluraladjectival nouns

Questions about adjectival noun

What does adjectival noun mean?
Adjectival noun means a noun used as an adjective.
What part of speech is adjectival noun?
Adjectival noun is a noun.
What is the plural of adjectival noun?
The plural of adjectival noun is adjectival nouns.

Words near adjectival noun in the dictionary

  1. adjectitious
  2. adjectitiously
  3. adjectival
  4. adjectival clause
  5. adjectival clauses
  6. adjectival noun
  7. adjectival nouns
  8. adjectival phrase
  9. adjectival phrases
  10. adjectival pronoun
  11. adjectival pronouns

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