measure word
Noun
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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.
- count word
- counter
- counter word
- counting word
- numeral classifier
- numerary adjunct
- French: classificateur, compteur
- German: Zählwort
- Portuguese: classificador numeral
- Russian: счётное сло́во
- Spanish: clasificador
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