Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
November 9, 2015
WORD CLASS 1: NOUNS
Here follows some examples of common nouns, most of them having particular features
both in their function/s and in their plural formation:
A)
B)
tick [ü] which of the following nouns is countable [C], uncountable [U] or both;
then give the plural form (or forms) and the translation into Italian of the latter:
* WARNING!!!! when a direct plural form is not possible, please use one of the following alternatives:
1) an adequate periphrasis
2) a synonym
3) a compound noun
C
U
both
plural form *
ITA translation
1)
abscess
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
2)
alveolus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
3)
analysis
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
4)
bacterium
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
5)
blood
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
6)
body
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
7)
bovine
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
8)
bronchus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
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C
9)
buffalo
U
Both
plural form *
ITA translation
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
10) calf
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
11) capillary
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
12) carcinoma
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
13) cattle
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
14) cervix
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
15) corpus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
16) cortex
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
17) diagnosis
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
18) drug
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
19) elk
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
20) evidence
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
21) exposure
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
22) ewe
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
23) facility
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
24) farrowing
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
25) fish
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
26) foot
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
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C
U
Both
plural form *
ITA translation
27) fungus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
28) gelding
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
29) gene
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
30) hair
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
31) half
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
32) heifer
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
33) herd
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
34) hippopotamus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
35) human
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
36) information
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
37) livestock
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
38) kidney
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
39) mammal
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
40) Mammalia
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
41) maths
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
42) mitochondrion
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
43) mouse
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
44) neutering
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
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U
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plural form *
ITA translation
45) news
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
46) oedema
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
47) offspring
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
48) ox
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
49) phalanx
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
50) pharynx
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
51) physics
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
52) poultry
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
53) pylorus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
54) research
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
55) reservoir
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
56) rodent
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
57) Rodentia
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
58) scapula
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
59) sheep
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
60) shoal
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
61) shoaling
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
62) spawn
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
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U
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plural form *
ITA translation
63) spaying
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
64) spermatozoon
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
65) statistics
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
66) stoma
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
67) stitch
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
68) surveillance
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
69) stratum
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
70) swine
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
71) thorax
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
72) tooth
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
73) trachea
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
74) uterus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
75) vaccine
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
76) vas
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
77) vena
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
78) vertebra
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
79) virus
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
80) womb
¨
¨
¨
............................................... .....................................
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