Dictionary

collective noun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/

Meanings

1. A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.
   • British English tends more than American English to have plural agreement with collective nouns. 2008, Ron Cowan, The Teacher's Grammar of English with Answers:
   • A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article. 1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, volume 1, London: Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry; and R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster Row, →OCLC, page 23:

Forms

Hyponyms

term of venery

Relateds

mass noun

Synonyms

collective · of assemblage · of multitude

Translations (39)

is safnheiti (noun referring to a group of similar things) · fr nom collectif (noun referring to a group of similar things) · kmr hevenav (noun referring to a group of similar things) · gd ainmear trusaidh (noun referring to a group of similar things) · th สมุหนาม (noun referring to a group of similar things) · mk збирна именка (noun referring to a group of similar things) · hu gyűjtőnév (noun referring to a group of similar things) · tl pangngalang palansak (noun referring to a group of similar things) · cy enw torfol (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv myckenhetsnamn (noun referring to a group of similar things) · it nome collettivo (noun referring to a group of similar things) · de Kollektivum (noun referring to a group of similar things) · fi kollektiivisubstantiivi (noun referring to a group of similar things) · af collectivum (noun referring to a group of similar things) · ko 집합명사 (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sh zbirna imenica (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv sammelbenämning (noun referring to a group of similar things) · hu gyűjtőfőnév (noun referring to a group of similar things) · nl verzamelnaam (noun referring to a group of similar things) · pl rzeczownik zbiorowy (noun referring to a group of similar things) · nl collectivum (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sl zbirno ime (noun referring to a group of similar things) · pt substantivo coletivo (noun referring to a group of similar things) · ro substantiv colectiv (noun referring to a group of similar things) · bg събира́телно съществи́телно (noun referring to a group of similar things) · de Sammelname (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv sammanfattningsnamn (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv samlingsnamn (noun referring to a group of similar things) · ru собира́тельное существи́тельное (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sh збирна именица (noun referring to a group of similar things) · af kollektief (noun referring to a group of similar things) · cmn 集合名詞 /集合名词 (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv sammelnamn (noun referring to a group of similar things) · es nombre colectivo (noun referring to a group of similar things) · af versamelnaam (noun referring to a group of similar things) · es sustantivo colectivo (noun referring to a group of similar things) · ja 集合名詞 (noun referring to a group of similar things) · nrf nom collectif (noun referring to a group of similar things) · sv myckenhetsord (noun referring to a group of similar things)