单词 | pluralizer |
释义 | pluralizern. 1. a. A thing which renders something plural. rare. ΚΠ 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 497/1 Mrs. Piozzi..gives many of the titles with which this pluralizer of human dignity is invested in the English tongue, ‘Money, cash, assets, ready rhino, chink, corianders!’ b. Grammar. A suffix, prefix, inflection, or auxiliary word which forms a plural. Also: a noun which may appear in plural form. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > number > plural > word or form which pluralizes pluralizer1933 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > noun in plural form plurale tantum1881 pluralizer1961 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 798/2 Shang is one of the six pluralizers. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ii. 39 The basic forms of pluralizer nouns are most often used as heads within nounal units, since they generally require determiners. 1971 G. Ansre in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 162 The word classes: adjective, quantifier, specifier, pluraliser and intensifier respectively. 1990 Word 41 258 Two morphemes, the first person singular and the third person pluralizer, do not follow the phonological patterns of the other person markers. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun] > one who possesses > who has two or more pluralist1611 pluralizer1864 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > two or more held together > holding of > one who holds pluralist1611 church pluralist1659 pluralizer1864 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pluralizer, a pluralist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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