adjectivize

English edit

Alternative forms edit

adjectivise (UK)

Etymology edit

Verb edit

adjectivize (third-person singular simple present adjectivizes, present participle adjectivizing, simple past and past participle adjectivized)

(American spelling, grammar) To convert a word into an adjective.
Synonyms: adjective, adjectify

Derived terms edit

adjectivization (adjectivisation)

Translations edit

convert a word into an adjective — see also adjective

French: adjectiver (fr)
Japanese: 形容詞化する (keiyōshika suru)
Korean: 형용사화하다 (hyeong'yongsahwahada)
Polish: adiektywizować impf, zadiektywizować pf

See also edit

(converting into or using as another part of speech:)

adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify