count nounnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊn/us/ˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊn/also countable noun specializedB1 a noun that can be used in the singular and the plural:
Count nouns are shown in this dictionary with [C].
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- You can also call a count noun a 'countable noun', which shows that it's the type of noun that can be counted.
- You can say 'books' when there is more than one, so 'book' is a count noun, unlike 'information' which is uncountable.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
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- preposition
- pron
- proper noun
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