substantivé
French, adjective
substantivé is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-É (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substantivé is a French adjective meaning “nominalized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, substantive is a different word: “feminine singular of substantif”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transformé en nom”.
What does substantivé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nominalized
Certains auteurs considèrent aussi apposé l'adjectif substantivé des groupes tels que : un drôle de bonhomme, la drôle de guerre. (Gramm. Lar. 1964, p. 204)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of substantif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Transformé en nom.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of substantivé
- substantivée feminine
- substantivés masculine plural
- substantivées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is substantivé in French?
substantivé appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).