substantiver

See also: Substantiver

Danish

Noun

substantiver n

1. indefinite plural of substantiv

French

Etymology

From substantif +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/

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Verb

substantiver

1. to substantivize, nominalize

   substantiver un adjectif, un infinitif ― to nominalize an adjective, an infinitive

Conjugation

Conjugation of substantiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	substantiver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	substantivant /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		substantivé /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	substantive /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantives /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantive /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantivons /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɔ̃/	substantivez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/	substantivent /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/
	imperfect	substantivais /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɛ/	substantivais /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɛ/	substantivait /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɛ/	substantivions /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vjɔ̃/	substantiviez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vje/	substantivaient /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɛ/
	past historic2	substantivai /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/	substantivas /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va/	substantiva /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va/	substantivâmes /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vam/	substantivâtes /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vat/	substantivèrent /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɛʁ/
	future	substantiverai /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁe/	substantiveras /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁa/	substantivera /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁa/	substantiverons /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɔ̃/	substantiverez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁe/	substantiveront /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	substantiverais /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɛ/	substantiverais /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɛ/	substantiverait /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɛ/	substantiverions /syp.stɑ̃.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/	substantiveriez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.və.ʁje/	substantiveraient /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	substantive /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantives /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantive /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	substantivions /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vjɔ̃/	substantiviez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vje/	substantivent /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/
	imperfect2	substantivasse /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vas/	substantivasses /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vas/	substantivât /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va/	substantivassions /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va.sjɔ̃/	substantivassiez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va.sje/	substantivassent /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	substantive /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/	—	substantivons /syp.stɑ̃.ti.vɔ̃/	substantivez /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• substantivation

References

• “substantiver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

• “substantiver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• substantiv

Noun

substantiver n

1. indefinite plural of substantiv