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English

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Etymology

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From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌædʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæd͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæd͡ʒəˈtaɪ.vəl/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪvəl

Adjective

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adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
    Synonym: adjective
    adjectival syntax[2]
    • 1876, “Ad′verb”, in John M[erry] Ross, editor, The Globe Enyclopædia of Universal Information, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Estes & Lauriat, [], page 25, column 1:
      As we can have the adjectival forms bright, brighter, brightest, so we can have the adverbial forms brightly, brightlier, brightliest, but degree is alike inconceivable in the adjective ‘round,’ and the A. ‘here.’
  2. (law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.

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Noun

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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.

References

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  1. ^ “Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2022 March 13 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 May 2009
  2. ^ adjectival”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

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Etymology

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From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. adjectival

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. adjectival

Declension

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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

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