collective noun in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Collective nouns are interesting studies, such as the pride of lions and gaggle of geese.
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Originally, "-h" by itself was a suffix used to form feminine nouns (originally, perhaps these were collective nouns).
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Obsolete collective nouns for a group of ravens (or at least the common raven) include unkindness and conspiracy.
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Collective nouns actually are a great delight to read, especially the ones that are politically incorrect, frank, and perhaps, whimsically accurate in some sense.
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There are a number of collective nouns for a group of priests.
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There isn't even an official collective noun for a large group of fictional, furry creatures - although a few derogatory labels do spring to mind.
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That sounded a bit odd, so we started to play around with collective nouns.
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Within the rational class there are further subdivisions between masculine, feminine and collective nouns.
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I've always been interested in the way collective nouns have been formed, and are used.
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Nominally singular pronouns can be collective nouns taking plural verbs, according to the same rules that apply to other collective nouns.
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