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Meaning of "adjectival" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADJECTIVAL

adjectival  [ˌædʒɪkˈtaɪvəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADJECTIVAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adjectival is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADJECTIVAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adjectival in the English dictionary

The definition of adjectival in the dictionary is used or functioning as an adjective.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADJECTIVAL


ablatival
ˌæbləˈtaɪvəl
aestival
iːˈstaɪvəl
agentival
ˈeɪdʒənˌtaɪvəl
archrival
ˌɑːtʃˈraɪvəl
arrival
əˈraɪvəl
conjunctival
ˌkɒndʒʌŋkˈtaɪvəl
estival
iːˈstaɪvəl
genitival
ˌdʒɛnɪˈtaɪvəl
gerundival
ˌdʒɛrənˈdaɪvəl
imperatival
ɪmˌperəˈtaɪvəl
infinitival
ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtaɪvəl
nival
ˈnaɪvəl
nominatival
ˌnɒmɪnəˈtaɪvəl
objectival
ˌɒbdʒekˈtaɪvəl
ogival
əʊˈdʒaɪvəl
relatival
ˌreləˈtaɪvəl
revival
rɪˈvaɪvəl
rival
ˈraɪvəl
substantival
ˌsʌbstənˈtaɪvəl
survival
səˈvaɪvəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADJECTIVAL

adj.
adjacence
adjacency
adjacent
adjacent angles
adjacently
adjectivally
adjective
adjectively
adjigo
adjoin
adjoining
adjoint
adjourn
adjournment
adjournment debate
Adjt
adjudge
adjudgement
adjudgment

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADJECTIVAL

accusatival
archival
carnival
datival
diminutival
Edinburgh Festival
festival
film festival
fringe festival
gingival
Gothic Revival
Greek Revival
harvest festival
music festival
nonarrival
Parzival
Percival
perspectival
receival
Spring Festival

Synonyms and antonyms of adjectival in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adjectival» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADJECTIVAL

Find out the translation of adjectival to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adjectival from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adjectival» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

形容词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adjetival
570 millions of speakers

English

adjectival
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विशेषण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прилагательного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adjetiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুণবাচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adjectif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Adjektif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adjektivisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

形容詞の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

형용사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adjectival
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அட்ஜக்டிவல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विशेषण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıfat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aggettivale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przymiotnikowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикметника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adjectival
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιθετικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

byvoeglike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adjektiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adjektiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adjectival

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJECTIVAL»

The term «adjectival» is normally little used and occupies the 111.996 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJECTIVAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adjectival

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJECTIVAL»

Discover the use of adjectival in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adjectival and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Adjectival Category: Criteria for Differentiation and ...
These three types are shwon to represent gradations of distinctions between word-classes as they occur in natural languages and to manifest various degrees of the corresponding functional neutralizations.In the final chapter the wider ...
D. N. Shankara Bhat, 1994
2
On Adjectival Passives in English
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 3,0, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: There have been various discussions on verbal passives and adjectival ...
Vincey Vattachirayil John, 2011
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Translational Equivalents of the Adverbial and Adjectival ...
Teodora B. Burian. CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY This chapter contains a description of the procedures used in this study, including the description of the sources of the data and how they were chosen and the description of the methods used ...
Teodora B. Burian, 2008
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Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In Honour ...
Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen and Karin Aijmer Ghent University and Goteborg University In this article we examine the adjectival and adverbial expressions it is certain/ certainly, it is clear/clearly and it is obvious/obviously in a corpus of ...
Christopher Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid, 2007
5
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture ...
adjectival sentence; for first-person subjects Egyptian normally used a different kind of sentence, which we will meet later in this lesson. The pattern is the same as that for other kinds of subjects: 2MS s*a.*=5r' nfr tw "You are good" (also i-e.
James P. Allen, 2000
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Comparative Syntax of Balkan Languages
In the singular genitive, dative, and ablative of the feminine, the form of the adjectival determiner immediately following a definite noun is not different from its form in all the other positions in which it may appear. Rather, for the singular genitive, ...
María Luisa Rivero, Angela Ralli, 2001
7
The Fruits of Empirical Linguistics: Product
Onceadjectivalresultativesarenotlongerconsideredtobethe“littlebrother” of eventive passives, the question which verbs admit the adjectival resultative formation appears within a different light. It is clear that transitive resultative verbs like ...
Sam Featherston, Susanne Winkler, 2009
8
Functional Structure in DP and IP
This article is a preliminary attempt to look at adjectival ordering restrictions ( henceforth AOR) and aspects of the syntax of stacked adjectives across several languages within a broad Principles and Parameters (P&P) framework. I will be ...
Guglielmo Cinque, 2002
9
Copulas : Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon: ...
consistency (adjectival) Examples: brittle, coarse, crisp, crude, elastic , firm, fluffy , fragile , hard, liquid, porous, rough, smooth, soft, solid, tender, tough, viscous. dimension (adjectival) Examples: big, broad, deep, high, huge, large, long, low, ...
Regina Pustet, 2003
10
Perfect Explorations
Participles. and. voice. Elena. Anagnostopoulou. 1. Introduction Kratzer's (1994, 2000) research on participles has shown that the properties of adjectival-stative and verbal-eventive passives are more transparent in languages like German ...
Artemis Alexiadou, Monika Rathert, Arnim von Stechow, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJECTIVAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adjectival is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sounders vs. DC - Aftermatch Aftermath: Winners not losers
But that _(noun)_ that _(player name)_ _(verb)_, my goodness it was a _(adjectival noun)_. It seems that _(team possessive)_ _(soccer ... «Sounder At Heart, Jul 15»
2
BNP demands probe into Gaffar Chy's 'derogatory remarks' on Allah
... and Future' at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in the USA made offensive remarks about Allah's 99 adjectival names. «Prothom Alo, Jul 15»
3
Going sour: sweet words in slang
... such gifts, though the second-rate materials used for such containers have led to the meaning “second-rate” for the word's adjectival form. «OUPblog, Jul 15»
4
Swearing children lead to a rude awakening
I have the occasional shot at using the word “adjectival”. As in, “Your room is an adjectival pigsty.” Another that was in heavy use in our house ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
5
NAF needs to keep abreast
Grahamstown - Staple ingredients of the adjectival soup in which the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown has been drowning for some time ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
6
'Presidentiable,' 'barkada,' 'KKB' officially recognized in Oxford …
... conversions from one part of speech to another (adjectival use of noun phrase high blood), and even complete changes in meaning (gimmick ... «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
7
'Same-Sex Marriage' Versus Judicial 'Good Behavior'
Even by recourse to imaginative adjectival or other modifiers, one can go only so far in attempting to bend the received legal meanings of such ... «Western Journalism, Jun 15»
8
Stoll charged with cocaine possession, but not MDMA possession
I used the adjectival form of the word sociopath: sociopathic. I used the word as a modifier, not a concrete diagnosis. Sorry you had to use so ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»
9
Learning from bid protests: award to higher-priced, higher-rated …
GAO found that the agency's best value “analysis” merely consisted of looking at the adjectival ratings assigned to each offeror, as well as the ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
10
Law Of Karma And Kwankwaso's Fear Of Tambuwalization By: Law …
For those who do not quite understand the new word, 'tambuwalization' and 'tambuwalising', it is adjectival for the politics of the erstwhile ... «Eagle Reporters, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Adjectival [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/adjectival>. Apr 2024 ».
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