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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsɛːlˌvɔʁt
"Im Japanischen wird für verschiedene Objekttypen ein spezifisches Zählwort verwendet."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A word or morpheme used in certain languages in conjunction with a numeral to count items based on their physical characteristics or category; a classifier.
"In Japanese, 'hiki' is a counterword used for small animals." - 2
A word used in opposition or as a rhetorical counter-argument in discourse.
"The politician used a sharp counterword to neutralize the opponent's claim."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the English noun 'counter' (from Old French 'countre', ultimately from Latin 'contra' meaning against) and 'word' (from Old English 'word', from Proto-Germanic *wurdam). Originally used in linguistic typology to describe words that act as counters or classifiers, particularly in East Asian languages.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Counterword" is said worldwide
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mot-classificateur
Transliteration: mo-klasifikatœʁ
"En français, il n'y a pas de véritable mot-classificateur numérique comme en chinois."
Zählwort
Transliteration: tsɛːlˌvɔʁt
"Im Japanischen wird für verschiedene Objekttypen ein spezifisches Zählwort verwendet."
classificatore numerico
Transliteration: klassifikatˈtore nuˈmɛriko
"Il classificatore numerico è fondamentale in molte lingue asiatiche."
clasificador numérico
Transliteration: klasifikaˈðor nuˈmeɾiko
"Un clasificador numérico acompaña al número para contar sustantivos."
classificador numérico
Transliteration: klɐsifikiˈdoɾ nuˈmɛɾiku
"O classificador numérico indica a categoria do objeto contado."
संख्या सूचक शब्द
Transliteration: sankhya soochak shabd
"कुछ भाषाओं में वस्तुओं को गिनने के लिए विशेष संख्या सूचक शब्द होते हैं।"
量词
Transliteration: liàngcí
"汉语里有丰富的量词，比如“张”和“条”。"
수사
Transliteration: susa
"한국어에서는 숫자를 셀 때 단위를 나타내는 말을 함께 씁니다."
助数詞
Transliteration: josūshi
"日本語の助数詞は数えるものの形によって変わります。"
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