"bare noun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bare nouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bare noun (plural bare nouns)
  1. (linguistics) A noun used without any apparent quantifier or determiner to modify it. Related terms: anarthrous, null determiner Translations (Translations): 光桿名詞 /光杆名词 (guānggǎn míngcí) (Chinese Mandarin)

Inflected forms

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