measure word
A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns,…A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.
» A man is measured by his words.
Der Mensch wird an seinen Worten gemessen. — Esperantostern
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1 sensesA word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.
Zählwort
счётное сло́воsčótnoje slóvo, счётный су́ффиксsčótnyj súffiks
Examples
2 sentencesA man is measured by his words.
deDer Mensch wird an seinen Worten gemessen. — Esperantostern
There is no objective measure of a word's badness. It all comes down to context.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: measure words| Singular | measure word |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.