substantivation

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English

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Noun

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substantivation (countable and uncountable, plural substantivations)

  1. The process or result of making something substantive.

French

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Etymology

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From substantiver +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

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substantivation f (plural substantivations)

  1. substantivization, nominalization
    La substantivation, très vivante en ancien français, ne se produit plus guère aujourd’hui que dans le discours philosophique.
    Nominalization, very active in Old French, hardly ever occurs today except in philosophical discourse.

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