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Aragonese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin substantīvum , neuter singular of substantīvus . Compare Catalan substantiu , Spanish sustantivo , Italian sostantivo , German Substantiv , Yiddish סובסטאַנטיוו ( substantiv ) , Russian существительное ( suščestvitelʹnoje ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /substanˈtibo/
Rhymes: -ibo
Syllabification: subs‧tan‧ti‧vo
Noun
substantivo m
( grammar ) a noun
Adjective
substantivo
substantive ( of the essence or essential element of a thing )
Synonyms: esencial , inerent , intrinseco , substancial
( grammar ) which is equivalent to a noun
Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin substantīvum , neuter singular of substantīvus . Compare Italian sostantivo , German Substantiv , Yiddish סובסטאַנטיוו ( substantiv ) , Russian существительное ( suščestvitelʹnoje ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
substantivo (accusative singular substantivon , plural substantivoj , accusative plural substantivojn )
( grammar ) noun , substantive
See also
(parts of speech ) vortspeco ; adjektivo , artikolo , adverbo , konjunkcio , interjekcio , numeralo , participo , partikulo , postpozicio , prepozicio , pronomo , substantivo , verbo (Category: eo:Parts of speech )
Galician
Etymology 1
Noun
substantivo m (plural substantivos )
noun
Etymology 2
Verb
substantivo
first-person singular present indicative of substantivar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto substantivo , English substantive , French substantif , German Substantiv , Italian sostantivo , Spanish sustantivo , ultimately from Latin substantīvum , neuter singular of substantīvus .
Pronunciation
Noun
substantivo (plural substantivi )
( grammar ) noun
See also
(parts of speech ) vortospeci ; adjektivo , adverbo , artiklo , konjunciono , interjeciono , substantivo , nombro , numeralo , partikulo , participo , postpoziciono , prepoziciono , pronomo , verbo (Category: io:Parts of speech )
Interlingua
Noun
substantivo (plural substantivos )
noun
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
substantīvō
dative / ablative masculine / neuter singular of substantīvus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vu/ , /subs.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vu/
( Rio de Janeiro ) IPA (key ) : /su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vu/ , /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vu/
( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /subs.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vo/ , /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.vo/
Hyphenation: subs‧tan‧ti‧vo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin substantīvus ( “ substantive ” ) , from substantia ( “ substance, essence ” ) , from substāns , present active participle of substō ( “ to stand under; to exist ” ) , from sub + stō ( “ to stand ” ) .
Adjective
substantivo (feminine substantiva , masculine plural substantivos , feminine plural substantivas )
substantive ( of the essence or essential element of a thing )
Synonyms: essencial , inerente , intrínseco , substancial
( grammar ) which is equivalent to a noun
Noun
substantivo m (plural substantivos )
( grammar ) noun , substantive ( grammatical category )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
substantivo
first-person singular present indicative of substantivar
Further reading
“substantivo ”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2024
“substantivo ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2024
“substantivo ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
“substantivo ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2024
“substantivo ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2024
“substantivo ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
substantivo (feminine substantiva , masculine plural substantivos , feminine plural substantivas )
Alternative form of sustantivo ( “ substantive ” )
Noun
substantivo m (plural substantivos )
Alternative form of sustantivo ( “ noun ” )
Etymology 2
Verb
substantivo
first-person singular present indicative of substantivar
Further reading