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nominalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɒmɪnəlaɪz/ (UK)
• /ˈnɑmənəlaɪz/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nominalize From nominal + -ize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To use as or change into a noun, often by affixing a morpheme.
   • But, Dretske asks, what happens when we nominalize a propositional allomorph? 1983, Peter Achinstein, The Nature of Explanation, Oxford University Press US, page 199:
   • To nominalize an adjective that refers to a known noun, the articles el, la, los, and las are used (Unit 11 §59); to nominalize an adjective that does not refer to a known noun, the neuter article lo is used. 1960, Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association, Harcourt, Brace, page 226
2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To make nominalistic.

Forms

Deriveds

nominalizable

Relateds

nominalizer · nominalist · adnoun · nominalization · nominaliser · substantivization · substantive · substantivisation · nominalisation

Translations (18)

gl nominalizar (to use as or change into a noun) · pl nominalizować (to use as or change into a noun) · ja 名詞化する (to use as or change into a noun) · es nominalizar (to use as or change into a noun) · fr nominaliser (to use as or change into a noun) · el ουσιαστικοποιώ (to use as or change into a noun) · cmn 名詞化 /名词化 (to use as or change into a noun) · hu főnevet képez (to use as or change into a noun) · mn ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠰᠢᠬᠦ (to use as or change into a noun) · pl znominalizować (to use as or change into a noun) · ca nominalitzar (to use as or change into a noun) · hu főnévként használ (to use as or change into a noun) · sv substantivera (to use as or change into a noun) · pt nominalizar (to use as or change into a noun) · tr adlaştırmak (to use as or change into a noun) · de nominalisieren (to use as or change into a noun) · mn нэрших (to use as or change into a noun) · it nominalizzare (to use as or change into a noun)