nominalizer

English

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Etymology

From nominalize +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒmɪnəlaɪzə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɑm.ə.nəl.aɪz.ɚ/

Noun

nominalizer (plural nominalizers) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. (linguistics) Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.
    Synonym: substantivizer

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