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measure word (plural measure words)

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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measure word, classifier

Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 量詞, 量词 (zh) (liàngcí)
Dutch: maatwoord n
Finnish: laskusana
French: classificateur (fr) m
German: Zählwort n
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: 助数詞 (ja) (じょすうし, josūshi)
Korean: 수분류사 (subunnyusa) (數分類詞)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: счётное сло́во n (sčótnoje slóvo), счётный су́ффикс m (sčótnyj súffiks)
Spanish: clasificador m
Thai: ลักษณนาม (th) (láksànà naam)
Vietnamese: lượng từ (量詞)

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classifier

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