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count noun

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. count nounnoun

    a noun that forms plurals

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  1. count nounnoun

    A noun which refers to something that can be counted. Examples: house, car, bush, point.

Wikipedia

  1. Count noun

    In linguistics, a count noun (also countable noun) is a noun that can be modified by a quantity and that occurs in both singular and plural forms, and that can co-occur with quantificational determiners like every, each, several, etc. A mass noun has none of these properties: It cannot be modified by a number, cannot occur in plural, and cannot co-occur with quantificational determiners.

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  1. count noun

    A count noun is a type of noun that can take a plural, can combine with numerals or counting quantifiers (e.g., one, two, several, every, most), and can take an indefinite article such as 'a' or 'an'. Examples of count nouns include cat, person, idea, table, etc. They are called ‘count nouns’ because they refer to something that can be counted.

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  1. Count noun

    In linguistics, a count noun is a common noun that can be modified by a numeral and that occurs in both singular and plural form, as well as co-occurring with quantificational determiners like every, each, several, etc. A mass noun has none of these properties. It can't be modified by a numeral, occur in singular/plural or co-occur with the relevant kind of determiner.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of count noun in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of count noun in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  • zählbares NomenGerman
  • sustantivo contable, nombre contableSpanish
  • nom dénombrable, nom comptableFrench
  • 可算名詞Japanese
  • telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord, telbaar substantiefDutch
  • substantivo contávelPortuguese
  • исчисляемое существительноеRussian

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