substantiver
French, verb/syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/
substantiver is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-E-R (12 letters). Substantiver is a French verb meaning “to substantivize, nominalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner à (un mot) un nouvel emploi, en tant que substantif”.
What does substantiver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to substantivize, nominalize
substantiver un adjectif, un infinitif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner à (un mot) un nouvel emploi, en tant que substantif.
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 substantiver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- substantivant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- substantivé participle past
- substantive first-person indicative present
- substantives indicative present second-person
- substantivons first-person indicative plural
- substantivez indicative plural present
- substantivent indicative plural present
- substantivais first-person imperfect indicative
- substantivait imperfect indicative singular
- substantivions first-person imperfect indicative
- substantiviez imperfect indicative plural
- substantivaient imperfect indicative plural
- substantivai first-person historic indicative
- substantivas historic indicative past
- substantiva historic indicative past
- substantivâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substantiver?
- /syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve/
- \syp.stɑ̃.ti.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.