count nounとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

count noun (plural count nouns)

1. A noun which refers to something that can be counted.

   Synonym: countable noun

   Antonyms: mass noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun

   • 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 53:

     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.

参考

• collective noun