Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collective noun

/kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: col-lec-tive-noun
IPA: /kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.

Example Sentences

"A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article."
"British English tends more than American English to have plural agreement with collective nouns."

Inflected Forms

collective nouns (plural)

Phrases

mass noun

Frequently Paired Words

mass noun

Synonyms

collective of assemblage of multitude

Questions

How do you pronounce collective noun?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/.
What does collective noun mean?: A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.

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