部ぶ分ぶん冠かん詞し

noun

partitive article

Linguistics term for articles like French 'du', 'de la', used to indicate an indefinite quantity of a mass noun.

• フランス語ごの「du」は部ぶ分ぶん冠かん詞しと呼よばれる。

  The French 'du' is called a partitive article.