classifier; counter word
Linguistics term for a word or morpheme used to classify nouns, such as Japanese counter words (助数詞) or Chinese measure words.
Japanese words like 本 (hon) and 枚 (mai) are a type of classifier.
中国語の分類辞は、名詞の前に置かれることが多い。
Chinese classifiers are often placed before the noun.
Compound of 分類 (classification) and 辞 (word, term). A modern linguistic calque, likely from English 'classifier' or German 'Klassifikator'.