"measure word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: measure words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Wikipedia link: measure word Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: count word, counter, counter word, counting word, numeral classifier, numerary adjunct Related terms: classifier Translations (measure word, classifier): သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း (sanghkyapaccany:) (Burmese), 量詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 量词 (liàngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), maatwoord [neuter] (Dutch), laskusana (Finnish), classificateur [masculine] (French), compteur [masculine] (French), Zählwort [neuter] (German), számlálószó (Hungarian), 助数詞 (josūshi) (alt: じょすうし) (Japanese), សំខ្យានុគ្រោះ (saŋkyaa nukrʊəh) (Khmer), 수분류사 (subullyusa) (alt: 數分類詞) (Korean), 양수사 (yangsusa) (Korean), ລັກສະນະນາມ (lak sa na nām) (Lao), penjodoh bilangan (Malay), klasyfikator [masculine] (Polish), classificador numeral [masculine] (Portuguese), счётное сло́во (sčótnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), счётный су́ффикс (sčótnyj súffiks) [masculine] (Russian), clasificador [masculine] (Spanish), måttsord [neuter] (Swedish), ลักษณนาม (lák-sà-nà-naam) (Thai), مىقدار سۆز (miqdar söz) (Uyghur), danh từ chỉ đơn vị (alt: 名詞指單位) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      ],
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "számlálószó"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "助数詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saŋkyaa nukrʊəh",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "សំខ្យានុគ្រោះ"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "subullyusa",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "수분류사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yangsusa",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "양수사"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lak sa na nām",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "ລັກສະນະນາມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "penjodoh bilangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klasyfikator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "classificador numeral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčótnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "счётное сло́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčótnyj súffiks",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "счётный су́ффикс"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clasificador"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "måttsord"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lák-sà-nà-naam",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "ลักษณนาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "miqdar söz",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "مىقدار سۆز"
    },
    {
      "alt": "名詞指單位",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "measure word, classifier",
      "word": "danh từ chỉ đơn vị"
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}

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