different between nominalizer vs nominalize

English

Alternative forms

• nominaliser (Non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

nominalize +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?m?n?la?z?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.n?l.a?z.?/

Noun

nominalizer (plural nominalizers) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (linguistics) Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.

Coordinate terms

• verbalizer

Related terms

• nominalization
• nominalize

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• nominalise (Non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

nominal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?m?n?la?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?m?n?la?z/

Verb

nominalize (third-person singular simple present nominalizes, present participle nominalizing, simple past and past participle nominalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (linguistics) To use as or change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme.
   • 1960, Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association, Harcourt, Brace, page 226

     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.
2. (philosophy) To make nominalistic.

Related terms

• nominalizer, nominaliser
• nominalist
• nominalization, nominalisation

Translations

See also

• substantive
• substantivise, substantivize
• substantivisation, substantivization