adjectival

From adjective +‎ -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/^[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈti.vəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvəl

adjectival (comparative more adjectival, superlative most adjectival)

2. (grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

   Synonym: adjective

   adjectival syntax^[2]

   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.

• (grammar) substantival (= substantive)

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.

From adjectif +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /a.dʒɛk.ti.val/

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adjectival (feminine adjectivale, masculine plural adjectivaux, feminine plural adjectivales)

1. adjectival

• locution adjectivale

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

Borrowed from French adjectival. By surface analysis, adjectiv +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˌad.ʒek.tiˈval/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ad‧jec‧ti‧val

adjectival m or n (feminine singular adjectivală, masculine plural adjectivali, feminine and neuter plural adjectivale)

1. adjectival

• “adjectival”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025