-nym for Words the Same in Sing. and Pl.?

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Thu Jul 7 20:48:22 UTC 2005


On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:40:30PM -0400, Grant Barrett wrote:
> Is there a name along the lines of synonym, eponym, retronym, etc.,
> for the category of words that have the same form whether they are
> plural or singular? I'm thinking of words like "deer" and "aircraft."

zero-derivonym?

JTS



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