"mass noun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mass nouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mass noun (plural mass nouns)
  1. A noun that normally cannot be counted. Wikipedia link: mass noun Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: material noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun Related terms: collective noun, of assemblage [noun], of multitude [noun], singulare tantum Translations (noun describing something that cannot be counted): paningob (Cebuano), 不可數名詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 不可数名词 (bùkěshǔ míngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), niet-telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord [neuter] (Dutch), niet-telbaar substantief [neuter] (Dutch), ainesana (Finnish), nom massif [masculine] (French), nom non comptable [masculine] (French), nom indénombrable [masculine] (French), unzählbares Substantiv [neuter] (German), nem megszámlálható főnév (Hungarian), nem számszerű főnév (Hungarian), megszámlálhatatlan főnév (Hungarian), ainmfhocal maise [masculine] (Irish), 不可算名詞 (fukasan meishi) (alt: ふかさんめいし) (Japanese), 불가산명사 (bulgasanmyeongsa) (Korean), substantiv nenumărabil [neuter] (Romanian), неисчисля́емое существи́тельное (neisčisljájemoje suščestvítelʹnoje) [neuter] (Russian), nombre incontable (de sustancia) [masculine] (Spanish), enw cynnull [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
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      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
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      "word": "nom indénombrable"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "word": "nem megszámlálható főnév"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "word": "nem számszerű főnév"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "word": "megszámlálhatatlan főnév"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ainmfhocal maise"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふかさんめいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukasan meishi",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "word": "不可算名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgasanmyeongsa",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "word": "불가산명사"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "substantiv nenumărabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neisčisljájemoje suščestvítelʹnoje",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неисчисля́емое существи́тельное"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nombre incontable (de sustancia)"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "noun describing something that cannot be counted",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "enw cynnull"
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