adjectival

English

Etymology

From adjective +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈti.vəl/

• Audio (US):

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ə(ɖ)ˈdʒɛkʈɪvəl/
• 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

   • 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.’

   • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:

     Almost all of these names are adjectival in form, derived from some other personal or place-name, usually by the addition of the suffix -ius, -aeus, -eius, or -eus; […]

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 (adʺjektýwny)
• 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)
• Lithuanian: būdvardinis
• 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 adjectif +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dʒɛk.ti.val/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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/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) (in Romanian), 2004–2025