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collective noun (plural collective nouns)

(grammar) A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Examples: a school of fish, a pride of lions.

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noun referring to a group of similar things

Afrikaans: versamelnaam, kollektief, collectivum
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集合名詞, 集合名词 (jíhé míngcí)
Dutch: verzamelnaam m, collectivum n
Finnish: kollektiivisubstantiivi
French: nom collectif (fr) m
German: Kollektivum (de) n
Icelandic: safnheiti n
Japanese: 集合名詞 (しゅうごうめいし, shūgōmeisi)
Jèrriais: nom collectif m
Korean: 집합명사 (ko) (jiphapmyeongsa) (集合名詞 (ko))

Kurdish:
Kurmanji: hevenav (ku) m
Macedonian: збирна именка f (zbírna ímenka)
Portuguese: substantivo coletivo m
Russian: собирательное существительное n (sobirátelʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje)
Scottish Gaelic: ainmear trusaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: збирна именица f

Roman: zbirna imenica f
Spanish: sustantivo colectivo (es) m, nombre colectivo (es) m

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Last modified on 25 December 2013, at 03:21