substantivation

French

Etymology

From substantiver +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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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.
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Further reading

“substantivation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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