Meanings
present singular third person nominalizes · participle present nominalizing · participle past nominalized · past nominalized · alternative nominalise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUShuman sciencesTo use as or change into a noun, often by affixing a morpheme.
But, Dretske asks, what happens when we nominalize a propositional allomorph?
1983, Peter Achinstein, The Nature of Explanation, Oxford University Press US, page 1991 more example
To nominalize an adjective that refers to a known noun, the articles el, la, los, and las are used (Unit 11 §59); to nominalize an adjective that does not refer to a known noun, the neuter article lo is used.
1960, Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association, Harcourt, Brace, page 226 - BritishEnglishOxfordUShuman sciencesTo make nominalistic.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
- Latinnōmen
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinnōminālis
- Middle Englishnominalle
- Englishnominal
- Englishnominalize
Translations
Catalan nominalitzar
- nominalitzarto use as or change into a noun
Chinese Mandarin 名詞化 /名词化
- 名詞化 /名词化 (míngcíhuà)to use as or change into a noun
French nominaliser
- nominaliserto use as or change into a noun
German nominalisieren
- nominalisierento use as or change into a noun
Greek ουσιαστικοποιώ
- ουσιαστικοποιώ (ousiastikopoió)to use as or change into a noun
Hungarian főnevet képez, főnévként használ
- főnevet képezto use as or change into a noun
- főnévként használto use as or change into a noun
Italian nominalizzare
- nominalizzareto use as or change into a noun
Japanese 名詞化する
- 名詞化する (meishika suru)to use as or change into a noun
Korean 명사화하다
- 명사화하다 (myeongsahwahada)to use as or change into a noun
Polish nominalizować, znominalizować
- nominalizowaćto use as or change into a noun
- znominalizowaćto use as or change into a noun
Portuguese nominalizar
- nominalizarto use as or change into a noun
Spanish nominalizar
- nominalizarto use as or change into a noun
Swedish substantivera
- substantiverato use as or change into a noun
Turkish adlaştırmak
- adlaştırmakto use as or change into a noun
Cite this entry
nominalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominalize
“nominalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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