Word Type
For those interested in a little info about this site: it's a side project that I developed while working on Describing Words and Related Words. Both of those projects are based around words, but have much grander goals. I had an idea for a website that simply explains the word types of the words that you search for - just like a dictionary, but focussed on the part of speech of the words. And since I already had a lot of the infrastructure in place from the other two sites, I figured it wouldn't be too much more work to get this up and running.
The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. I initially started with WordNet, but then realised that it was missing many types of words/lemma (determiners, pronouns, abbreviations, and many more). This caused me to investigate the 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary - which is now in the public domain. However, after a day's work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors (especially with the part-of-speech tagging) for it to be viable for Word Type.
Finally, I went back to Wiktionary - which I already knew about, but had been avoiding because it's not properly structured for parsing. That's when I stumbled across the UBY project - an amazing project which needs more recognition. The researchers have parsed the whole of Wiktionary and other sources, and compiled everything into a single unified resource. I simply extracted the Wiktionary entries and threw them into this interface! So it took a little more work than expected, but I'm happy I kept at it after the first couple of blunders.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project (mentioned above), @mongodb and express.js.
Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old. I plan to update it to a newer version soon and that update should bring in a bunch of new word senses for many words (or more accurately, lemma).
FAQs
noun. , plural coun·tries. a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
What type of noun is countries? ›
Yes, Country is a common noun. It can be a proper noun only when you name the country like India, China, etc.
What type of word is country's? ›
For a noun to become in the singular possessive form, an 's should be added. The noun country becomes country's.
What is the word country in grammar? ›
Noun. Definition: a noun is a word that is used to name people, places, things, and concepts. In this capacity, the word 'country' is used to talk about the land that is associated with a government or a nation, such as France or The United States.
Is countries a plural noun? ›
Countries: The Correct Plural Form
The correct plural of “country” is “countries.” The word “country” is a singular noun used to refer to a specific nation or geographical region with its own government, culture, and borders.
Is countries a noun or adjective? ›
noun. , plural coun·tries. a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
Is countries an abstract noun? ›
1 Answer. The noun "country" is a concrete noun, a word for something that can be seen and touched, a word for a physical place.
Is the country a proper noun? ›
Common nouns refer to generic things while proper nouns refer to specific things. For example, the noun country is a common noun because it refers to a general, non-specific place. On the other hand, the noun Spain is a proper noun because it refers to a specific country located in Europe (another proper noun).
What part of speech is the country? ›
country noun (NATURAL LAND)
land that is not in towns, cities, or industrial areas and is either used for farming or left in its natural condition: in the country He lives out in the country somewhere.
Is countries a countable noun? ›
Answer. country is a countable noun. Because countries can be counted like; There are 44 countries in Europe.
It's not a collective noun. It's a country. It's a singular noun. One country.
What are two proper nouns of countries? ›
Some proper nouns referring to a country include: United State of America, Canada, Mexico, China, Indonesia, Tunisia, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. While the word ''country,'' as is, functions as a common noun, the names of specific countries are known as proper nouns.
How do you know if a word is a plural noun? ›
Plural nouns are nouns that refer to more than one person, place, or thing. In general, plural nouns are made by adding -s or -es to the ends of singular nouns.
What type of pronoun is country? ›
The only appropriate pronoun for a country is "it".
What case is the noun countries? ›
You should capitalize the names of countries, nationalities, and languages because they are proper nouns—English nouns that are always capitalized.
