集しゅう合ごう名めい詞し

noun

collective noun

A grammatical term for a noun that refers to a group of people or things as a single entity, such as 家族 (family) or 群衆 (crowd).

• 「家か族ぞく」は集しゅう合ごう名めい詞しの一ひとつです。

  "家族" (family) is one example of a collective noun.

• 英えい語ごの集しゅう合ごう名めい詞しには、単たん数すう扱あつかいと複ふく数すう扱あつかいの両りょう方ほうがあるものがあります。

  Some English collective nouns can be treated as either singular or plural.