adjectival noun

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adjectival noun

noun adjectival nouns

A noun used as an adjective. Near-synonyms: attributive noun, noun adjunct (broadly synonymous)
Similar: attributive noun, noun adjunct[Appendix:Glossary
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).
in Czech and Slovak grammar Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns). Adjectival nouns are simply identical in form to adjectives of a particular gender and decline accordingly.
sometimes, in English metalanguage A nominalized adjective.

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@misc{adjectival_noun_2026,
  title = {adjectival noun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adjectival%20noun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}