noun class

English

Noun

noun class (plural noun classes)

(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organised according to meaning, such as sex, animacy or shape. This is a prominent feature of some of the world's languages, notably the Bantu language family.

Translations

a category into which nouns may be organised

Afrikaans: naamwoordklas
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: nominale klasse f
Finnish: substantiiviluokka
French: classe nominale f
German: Nominalklasse f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: именно́й класс m (imennój klass)
Swahili: ngeli (sw)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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