measure word

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Noun

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measure word (plural measure words)

1. (linguistics) 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
• numerary adjunct

Translations

measure word, classifier

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bengali: please add this translation if you can Burmese: သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း (my) (sanghkyapaccany:) Chinese: Mandarin: 量詞／量词 (zh) (liàngcí) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: maatwoord n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: laskusana French: classificateur (fr) m, compteur (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Zählwort n Hungarian: számlálószó Japanese: 助数詞 (ja) (じょすうし, josūshi) Khmer: សំខ្យានុគ្រោះ (km) (saŋkyaa nukrʊəh) Korean: 수분류사(數分類詞) (subullyusa), 양수사 (yangsusa) Lao: ລັກສະນະນາມ (lak sa na nām) Malay: penjodoh bilangan Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: klasyfikator (pl) m Portuguese: classificador numeral m Russian: счётное сло́во n (sčótnoje slóvo), счётный су́ффикс m (sčótnyj súffiks) Spanish: clasificador m Swedish: måttsord n Thai: ลักษณนาม (th) (lák-sà-nà-naam) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Uyghur: مىقدار سۆز (miqdar söz) Vietnamese: danh từ chỉ đơn vị (名詞指單位)

See also

• classifier