Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

measure word

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
mea-sure -word
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

Inflected Forms

measure words (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

classifier

Synonyms

count word counter counter word counting word numeral classifier numerary adjunct

Questions

What does measure word mean?
A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.

How to pronounce measure word

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