Definitions For Nominalization

Noun

NOMINALIZATION. (countable and uncountable, plural NOMINALIZATIONs) {{tlb, en, American spelling, Oxford British spelling}} (linguistics, countable) A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism. (linguistics, uncountable) The act or process of nominalize, nominalizing; the use of such a noun.

Synonyms

substantivisation substantivation (uncommon) nounification

Derived terms

agentive nominalization / agentive nominalisation nominalizer

Translations

Arabic: {{t-needed, ar}} Armenian: {{t-needed, hy}} Azerbaijani: isimləşmə Catalan: nominalització, f, substantivació, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 名詞化 Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: substantivering, f, nominalisatie, f Esperanto: substantivigo Estonian: {{t-needed, et}} French: substantivation, f, nominalisation, f Galician: substantivación, f, nominalización, f Georgian: {{t-needed, ka}} German: Nominalisierung, f, Substantivierung, f, Hauptwortbildung, f Greek: ουσιαστικοποίηση, f, sc=Grek Indonesian: nominalisasi Italian: sostantivazione, nominalizzazione, f Japanese: 名詞化 (めいしか, meishika) Khmer: {{t-needed, km}} Korean: 명사화 Lao: {{t-needed, lo}} Latvian: nominalizācija, f Lithuanian: {{t-needed, lt}} Mongolian: нэршихүй, sc=Cyrl ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠰᠢᠬᠦᠢ, нэршил, sc=Cyrl ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠰᠢᠯ Persian: {{t-needed, fa}} Polish: nominalizacja, f Portuguese: substantivação, f, nominalização, f Romanian: {{t-needed, ro}} Russian: субстантива́ция, f, номинализа́ция, f Spanish: substantivación, f, nominalización, f Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Turkish: adlaştırma Vietnamese: danh từ hoá

Alternative forms

nominalisation {{qualifier, Non-Oxford British spelling}}

Etymology

from nominal + ization or nominalize + ation.

Is Nominalization a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
25
Words with Friends
30

The word Nominalization is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends

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