measure word

noun

A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

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count wordcountercounter wordcounting wordnumeral classifiernumerary adjunct
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Meanings

nounmeasure word (plural measure words)

plural measure words

  1. human sciencesA word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

    Synonyms: count word, counter, counter word, counting word, numeral classifier, numerary adjunct

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

Similar
count wordcountercounter wordcounting wordnumeral classifiernumerary adjunct
Also see
counternumerary adjunct

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 量詞 /量词
  • 量詞 /量词 (liàngcí)measure word, classifier
Dutch maatwoord
  • maatwoordmeasure word, classifier
Finnish laskusana
  • laskusanameasure word, classifier
French classificateur, compteur
  • classificateurmeasure word, classifier
  • compteurmeasure word, classifier
  • mot de mesuremeasure word, classifier
German Zählwort
  • Zählwortmeasure word, classifier
Hungarian számlálószó
  • számlálószómeasure word, classifier
Japanese 助数詞
  • 助数詞 (josūshi)measure word, classifier
Korean 수분류사, 양수사
  • 수분류사 (subullyusa)measure word, classifier
  • 양수사 (yangsusa)measure word, classifier
Malay penjodoh bilangan
  • penjodoh bilanganmeasure word, classifier
Polish klasyfikator
  • klasyfikatormeasure word, classifier
Portuguese classificador numeral
  • classificador numeralmeasure word, classifier
Russian счётное сло́во, счётный су́ффикс
  • счётное сло́во (sčótnoje slóvo)measure word, classifier
  • счётный су́ффикс (sčótnyj súffiks)measure word, classifier
Spanish clasificador, palabra de medida
  • clasificadormeasure word, classifier
  • palabra de medidameasure word, classifier
  • cuantificadormeasure word, classifier
Swedish måttsord
  • måttsordmeasure word, classifier
Thai ลักษณนาม
  • ลักษณนาม (lák-sà-nà-naam)measure word, classifier
Vietnamese danh từ chỉ đơn vị
  • danh từ chỉ đơn vịmeasure word, classifier
Cite this entry
APA

measure word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measure%20word

MLA

“measure word.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measure%20word. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “measure word,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measure%20word.

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