Meanings
plural count nouns
- A noun which refers to something that can be counted.
1 more example
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 53Synonyms: countable noun · Antonyms: mass noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA noun which refers to something that can be counted.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 可數名詞 /可数名词
- 可數名詞 /可数名词 (kěshǔ míngcí)noun used to refer to things that can be counted
Dutch telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord, telbaar substantief
- telbaar zelfstandig naamwoordnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
- telbaar substantiefnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Finnish kappalesana
- kappalesananoun used to refer to things that can be counted
French nom dénombrable, nom comptable
- nom dénombrablenoun used to refer to things that can be counted
- nom comptablenoun used to refer to things that can be counted
German zählbares Substantiv, Individualsubstantiv
- zählbares Substantivnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
- Individualsubstantivnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Hungarian megszámlálható főnév, számszerű főnév
- megszámlálható főnévnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
- számszerű főnévnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Japanese 可算名詞
- 可算名詞 (kasan meishi)noun used to refer to things that can be counted
Polish rzeczownik policzalny
- rzeczownik policzalnynoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Portuguese substantivo contável
- substantivo contávelnoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Russian исчисля́емое существи́тельное
- исчисля́емое существи́тельное (isčisljájemoje suščestvítelʹnoje)noun used to refer to things that can be counted
Spanish sustantivo contable, nombre contable
- sustantivo contablenoun used to refer to things that can be counted
- nombre contablenoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Welsh enw cyfrifadwy
- enw cyfrifadwynoun used to refer to things that can be counted
Cite this entry
count noun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20noun
“count noun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20noun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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