substantivise

English

Alternative forms

• substantivize (American, Oxford British English)

Etymology

substantive +‎ -ise

Verb

substantivise (third-person singular simple present substantivises, present participle substantivising, simple past and past participle substantivised) (Non-Oxford British English)

1. (grammar) To use as or convert into a substantive (noun).

   Synonyms: nominalise, noun, (very rare) substantive

Derived terms

• substantivisation/substantivization

Translations

to convert into or use as a noun — see also nominalize

• Bulgarian: субстантивизи́рам (substantivizíram)
• Catalan: substantivar (ca)
• Danish: substantivere
• Dutch: substantiveren (nl)
• French: substantiver (fr)
• Galician: substantivar (gl)
• German: substantivieren (de)
• Greek: ουσιαστικοποιώ (ousiastikopoió)
• Italian: sostantivare (it)
• Latvian: substantivēt
• Portuguese: substantivar (pt)
• Romanian: substantiviza (ro)
• Russian: субстантиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (substantivírovatʹ)
• Spanish: sustantivar (es), substantivar (es)
• Swedish: substantivera (sv)

See also

(converting into or using as another part of speech:)

• adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
• adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
• nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
• verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify

Further reading

• nominalisation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia