adjectival

English

Etymology

From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌædʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæd͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæd͡ʒəˈtaɪ.vəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪvəl

Adjective

adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)

2. (grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

   Synonym: adjective

   adjectival syntax

   adjectival noun

3. (law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.

Derived terms

• adjectivality
• adjectivalization
• adjectivalize
• adjectivally
• adjectival phrase
• adjectival pronoun
• deadjectival
• nonadjectival
• preadjectival

 

Related terms

• (grammar) substantival (= substantive)

Translations

functioning as an adjective

• Afrikaans: byvoeglik
• Albanian: mbiemëror (sq)
• Arabic: وَصْفِيّ (waṣfiyy), نَعْتِيّ (naʕtiyy)
• Armenian: ածական (hy) (acakan), ածականական (hy) (acakanakan)
• Asturian: axetivu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: sıfət
• Bashkir: сифат (sifat)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ад'екты́ўны (adʺjektýŭny)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: adjectiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 形容詞的／形容词的 (zh) (xíngróngcí de)

• Czech: adjektivní (cs), přídavné jméno (cs) n
• Danish: adjektiv (da) n
• Dhivehi: ނަނއިތުރު (nanituru)
• Dutch: bijvoeglijk (nl), adjectivisch (nl)
• Esperanto: adjektiva (eo)
• Faroese: lýsingarorð (fo) n
• Finnish: adjektiivi- (fi) (in compound words), adjektiivinen (fi) (otherwise)
• French: adjectif (fr), adjectival (fr)
• Galician: adxectivo (gl)
• Georgian: ზედსართავური (zedsartavuri)
• German: beiwörtlich, eigenschaftswörtlich; adjektivisch (de), Adjektiv- (de)
• Greek: επιθετικός (el) (epithetikós)
• Hungarian: melléknévi (hu)
• Icelandic: lýsingarorð (is)
• Ido: adjektiva (io)
• Indonesian: kata sifat (id)
• Interlingua: adjective (ia), adjectival
• Irish: aidiachtach, aidiachtúil
• Italian: aggettivale (it)
• Japanese: 形容詞の (ja) (けいようしの, keiyōshi no)
• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦁ​​ꦏꦲꦤꦤ꧀ (tembung kahanan)
• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: сын есім (syn esım)
• Korean: 형용사 (ko) (hyeong'yongsa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rengdêr (ku), sifet (ku)

• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: adjectivus (dated: adiectivus), adjectivalis (dated: adiectivalis)
• Macedonian: придавен (pridaven), придавски (pridavski)
• Malay: kata sifat (ms)
• Manx: marennymagh
• Nepali: विशेषण (ne) (viśeṣaṇ)
• Old English: tōġeīecendlīċ
• Persian: وصفی (fa) (vasfi)
• Polish: przymiotnikowy (pl), adiektywalny (uncommon), adiektywny (uncommon)
• Portuguese: adjectivo (pt) (Portugal), adjetivo (pt) (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣੀ (viśeśṇī)
• Quechua: sutip rampaqnin
• Romanian: adjectival (ro)
• Russian: прилага́тельный (prilagátelʹnyj), адъекти́вный (ru) (adʺjektívnyj), адъективи́рованный (ru) (adʺjektivírovannyj)
• Samogitian: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: при́дјевскӣ

  Roman: prídjevskī (sh)

• Slovak: prídavné meno (sk)
• Slovene: pridevniški, ádjektiven
• Spanish: adjetival (es), adjetivo (es)
• Sundanese: adjéktif
• Swahili: tashbihi (sw)
• Swedish: adjektivisk (sv)
• Tagalog: pang-uri (tl)
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: உரிச்சொல் (ta) (uriccol)
• Thai: คุณศัพท์ (th) (kun-ná-sàp)
• Turkish: sıfat (tr)
• Turkmen: sypat (tk)
• Ukrainian: ад'єкти́вний (adʺjektývnyj)
• Uzbek: sifat (uz)
• Vietnamese: có tính chất tính từ
• Volapük: ladyekik (vo)
• Walloon: addjectivrece (wa)
• Welsh: ansoddeiriol (cy)
• West Frisian: eigenskiplik, adjektivysk
• Yiddish: אַדיעקטיוויש (adyektivish)

Noun

adjectival (plural adjectivals)

1. An adjectival phrase or clause.
   • 2013, Harrie Wetzer, The Typology of Adjectival Predication, page 240:

     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.

French

Etymology

From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dʒɛk.ti.val/

• Audio:

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Adjective

adjectival (feminine adjectivale, masculine plural adjectivaux, feminine plural adjectivales)

1. adjectival

Derived terms

• locution adjectivale

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adjectival. By surface analysis, adjectiv +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌad.ʒek.tiˈval/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ad‧jec‧ti‧val

Adjective

adjectival m or n (feminine singular adjectivală, masculine plural adjectivali, feminine and neuter plural adjectivale)

1. adjectival

Declension

Declension of adjectival

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	adjectival		adjectivală	adjectivali	adjectivale
	definite	adjectivalul		adjectivala	adjectivalii	adjectivalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	adjectival		adjectivale	adjectivali	adjectivale
	definite	adjectivalului		adjectivalei	adjectivalilor	adjectivalelor

Derived terms

• articol adjectival m

 

Further reading

• adjectival in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)