adjectival

English

Etymology

From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.dʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.dʒəˈtaɪ.vəl/

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Adjective

adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)

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

   adjectival syntax

   adjectival noun

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

Synonyms

• (grammar) adjective

Related terms

• (grammar) substantival (= substantive)

Translations

functioning as an adjective

• Afrikaans: byvoeglik
• Albanian: mbiemër (sq)
• Arabic: وَصْفِيّ‎ (waṣfiyy), نَعْتِيّ‎ (naʿtiyy)
• 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 (zh), 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) m (epithetikós)
• Hungarian: melléknévi (hu)
• Icelandic: lýsingarorð (is) n
• Ido: adjektiva (io)
• Indonesian: kata sifat (id)
• Interlingua: adjective (ia), adjectival
• Interlingue: adjectival
• Irish: aidiachtach
• Italian: aggettivale (it)
• Japanese: 形容詞の (ja) (けいようしの, keiyōshi no)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: сын есім (kk) (sın esim)
• Korean: 형용사 (ko) (hyeong-yongsa)
• 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
• Manx: marennymagh
• Nepali: विशेषण (ne) (wiśeṣaṇa)
• Novial: adjektivi, adjektival
• Old English: tōġeīecendlīċ
• Persian: وصفی‎ (fa) (vasfi)
• Polish: przymiotnikowy (pl)
• Portuguese: adjectivo (pt) (Portugal), adjetivo (pt) (Brazil)
• 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) n
• 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) m or f
• Welsh: ansoddeiriol (cy)
• West Frisian: eigenskip oantsjuttend
• Yiddish: אַדיעקטיוויש‎ (adyektivish)

Noun

adjectival (plural adjectivals)

1. An adjectival phrase or clause.

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French

Etymology

adjective +‎ -al

Adjective

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

1. adjectival

Further reading

• “adjectival” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).