mass noun

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mass noun

noun mass nouns

A common noun that normally cannot be counted.
Similar: material noun, non-count noun, noncount noun, uncountable noun · Opposite: countable noun, count noun

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noun noun describing something that cannot be counted

Español	nombre incontable (de sustancia)
한국어	불가산명사 bulgasanmyeongsa
日本語	不可算名詞 fukasan meishi
中文	不可數名詞 /不可数名词 bùkěshǔ míngcí
Français	nom massif, nom non comptable, nom indénombrable
Deutsch	Stoffname, Stoffsubstantiv, Stoffbezeichnung, unzählbares Substantiv
Română	substantiv nenumărabil
Русский	неисчисля́емое существи́тельное neisčisljájemoje suščestvítelʹnoje

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@misc{mass_noun_2026,
  title = {mass noun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mass%20noun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}