"adjectival" meaning in French

See adjectival in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /a.dʒɛk.ti.val/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-adjectival.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-adjectival.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-adjectival.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: adjectivale [feminine], adjectivaux [masculine, plural], adjectivales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From adjectif + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|adjectif|-al}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-al", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "adjectival", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="adjectival">, {{af|fr|adjectif|-al}} adjectif + -al Head templates: {{fr-adj}} adjectival (feminine adjectivale, masculine plural adjectivaux, feminine plural adjectivales)
  1. (grammar) adjectival Derived forms: adjectivalement Coordinate_terms: nominal, verbal, adverbial, pronominal

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