"adjectival noun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: adjectival nouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjectival noun (plural adjectival nouns)
  1. (linguistics) A noun that functions as an adjective Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-adjectival_noun-en-noun-47wyoXsK Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (in Japanese grammar) A specific part of speech, categorized in Japanese as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi). Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). Translations (Adjectival noun in Czech grammar): zpodstatnělé přídavné jméno (Czech), spodstatnené prídavné meno (Slovak), enw ansoddeiriol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-adjectival_noun-en-noun-RdKtgrrG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 83 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 83 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 75 13 Disambiguation of 'Adjectival noun in Czech grammar': 25 52 23
  3. (in Czech and Slovak grammar) Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns).
    Sense id: en-adjectival_noun-en-noun-ewWj1KCs Categories (other): Nouns Disambiguation of Nouns: 17 23 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives [nominal], adjective, attributive noun, adjunct [noun], 形容詞, 形容動詞, 連体詞

Inflected forms

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