Dictionary

count noun en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A noun which refers to something that can be counted.
   • Count nouns refer to countable things, like objects, types of people and animals, and even abstract things and events. Such nouns can be singular or plural. Plural number is typically marked on English count nouns with an -s or -es on the end of the word, such as girls, pizzas, rocks, neighbors, ostriches. 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 53:

Forms

Antonyms

uncountable noun · mass noun · non-count noun

Relateds

collective noun

Synonyms

countable noun

Translations (18)

es sustantivo contable (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · fr nom comptable (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · fr nom dénombrable (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · fi kappalesana (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · hu megszámlálható főnév (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · es nombre contable (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · de Individualsubstantiv (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · pt substantivo contável (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · nl telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · ru исчисля́емое существи́тельное (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · ja 可算名詞 (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · cy enw cyfrifadwy (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · pl rzeczownik policzalny (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · nl telbaar substantief (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · de zählbares Substantiv (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · ceb pangihap (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · cmn 可數名詞 /可数名词 (noun used to refer to things that can be counted) · hu számszerű főnév (noun used to refer to things that can be counted)