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| has gloss | (noun) a noun that does not form plurals mass noun |
| has gloss | eng: In linguistics, a mass noun (also uncountable noun or non-count noun) is a common noun that means it does not or may not end. Some cannot be described by a numeral without specifying a unit of measurement or an a or an. For example, the mass noun "water" does not say how much water there is but "20 liters of water" does. |
| has gloss | eng: In linguistics, a mass noun (also uncountable noun or non-count noun) is a common noun that presents entities as an unbounded mass. Given that different languages have different grammatical resources, the actual test for which nouns are mass nouns may vary between languages. In English, mass nouns are characterized by the fact that they cannot be directly modified by a numeral without specifying a unit of measurement, and that they cannot combine with an indefinite article (a or an). Thus, the mass noun "water" is quantified as "20 liters of water" while the count noun "chair" is quantified as "20 chairs." However, mass nouns (like count nouns) can be quantified in relative terms without unit specification (e.g., "much water," "many chairs"). |
| lexicalization | eng: mass noun |
| subclass of | (noun) a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action noun |
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| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: hromadné jméno |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Ein Stoffname oder Kontinuativum, auch Substanzausdruck, ist ein Nomen beziehungsweise Name, der seinen Referenten als einheitliche, nicht unterteilbare Entität konzeptualisiert. |
| lexicalization | deu: Stoffname |
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| lexicalization | deu: Kontinuativum |
| lexicalization | deu: Substanzausdruck |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: arvorto |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: ainesana |
| Maori | |
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| lexicalization | mri: tümaru |
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| has gloss | nds: En Stoffnaam is blangen Soortnaams un Egennaams een vun dree Klassen vun Naamwöör. Stoffnaams sünd Naams för Saken, de in de Spraak as Eenheit ansehn warrt, de nich tellt warrn köönt. Bispelen sünd Water oder Koorn. Water warrt as Stoff ansehn un dat gifft normalerwies kene twee Waters. Water tellen geiht blot över Maateenheiten: een Liter Water, twee Liter Water. Koorn hett twee Bedüden. Eenmal dat enkelte Koorn. Dat is en Soortnaam un kann tellt warrn: een Koorn, twee Köörn. Un denn Koorn as Stoffnaam. Dat Koorn op’t Feld geiht nich ahn Help vun Maateenheiten to tellen. |
| lexicalization | nds: Stoffnaam |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Een stofnaam is in de grammatica een zelfstandig naamwoord dat een niet-telbaar geheel ofwel een ongebonden massa als referent heeft, bijvoorbeeld de woorden water, fruit en melk. Een stofnaam is meestal een singulare tantum, maar soms ook een plurale tantum. |
| lexicalization | nld: stofnaam |
| lexicalization | nld: niet-telbaar substantief |
| lexicalization | nld: niet-telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: nombre incontable |
| Serbian | |
| lexicalization | srp: zbirna imenica |
| Chinese | |
| has gloss | zho: 不可數名詞( )是名詞的分類之一，是指無法數算的名詞，與可數名詞( )相對；在英語等歐洲語言語言中，不可數名詞通常不會出現眾數形式。漢語語法中並無嚴格劃分名詞為「可數」或「不可數」，但通常在語意上能夠識別。 |
| lexicalization | zho: 不可數名詞 |
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| similar | e/simple/Mass noun |
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