count noun

[ kount noun ]

noun

, Grammar.

1. a noun, as apple, table, or birthday, that typically refers to a countable thing and that in English can be used in both the singular and the plural and can be preceded by the indefinite article a or an or by a number. For example, we can say an apple, four tables, or my 18th birthday.

count noun

noun

1. See sortal, mass noun
   linguistics logic a noun that can be qualified by the indefinite article, and may be used in the plural, as telephone and thing but not airs and graces or bravery Compare mass noun sortal

Word History and Origins

Origin of count noun¹

First recorded in 1950–55