singulative — 英語辞典

形容詞

1. Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.

   用法

   • not-comparable

   例文

   English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.

名詞

1. A singulative form or construction.

   関連語

   singularcollective noundualmass nounpaucalpluraltrial

   例文

   The singulative of "cattle" is "a head of cattle".

   The singulative of "scissors" is "a pair of scissors".