SUBSTANTIVAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does substantival mean? 

• SUBSTANTIVAL (adjective)
  The adjective SUBSTANTIVAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)

  Familiarity information: SUBSTANTIVAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSTANTIVAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a substantival constituent

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Pertainym:

substantive (any word or group of words functioning as a noun)

Derivation:

substantive (any word or group of words functioning as a noun)