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English
Noun
substantivation (countable and uncountable, plural substantivations)
- The process or result of making something substantive.
French
Etymology
From substantiver + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.stɑ̃.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
Noun
substantivation f (plural substantivations)
- substantivization, nominalization
La substantivation, très vivante en ancien français, ne se produit plus guère aujourd’hui que dans le discours philosophique.- Nominalization, very active in Old French, hardly ever occurs today except in philosophical discourse.
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