substantivation
French
Etymology
From substantiver + -ation
Pronunciation
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Noun
substantivation f (plural substantivations)
- substantivization, nominalization
- La substantivation, très vivante en ancien français, ne se produit plus guère aujourd’hui que dans le discours philosophique.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “substantivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.