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Definition 2024

measure_word

measure word

English

Noun

measure word ‎(plural measure words)

A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

Synonyms

count word
counter
counter word
counting word
numeral classifier

Translations

measure word, classifier

Bengali:
Burmese: သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း (my) ‎(sangkhyapaccany:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 量詞 (zh), 量词 (zh) ‎(liàngcí)
Dutch: maatwoord n
Esperanto:
Finnish: laskusana
French: classificateur (fr) m
German: Zählwort n
Hungarian:

Japanese: 助数詞 (ja) ‎(じょすうし, josūshi)
Khmer: សំខ្យានុគ្រោះ (km) ‎(saŋkyaa nukrʊəh)
Korean: 수분류사 ‎(subullyusa) (數分類詞), 양수사 ‎(yangsusa)
Lao: ລັກສະນະນາມ ‎(lak sa na nām)
Portuguese: classificador numeral m
Russian: счётное сло́во n ‎(sčótnoje slóvo), счётный су́ффикс m ‎(sčótnyj súffiks)
Spanish: clasificador m
Thai: ลักษณนาม (th) ‎(láksànà naam)
Vietnamese: danh từ chỉ đơn vị (名詞指單位)

See also

classifier