In Japanese, one apple or many apples go by the same word: ‘Ringo.’ | Biwa Studio/GettyImages Nouns have found many ways to mark number and quantity across different languages.

Meat—including lean beef—at the grocery store. | Justin Sullivan/GettyImages The word lean when applied to seafoods or game meats means that they have less than 10 grams of total fat, no more ...

Brunch, motel, Pokémon—portmanteau words are everywhere! Here's which of your favorite terms are actually clever word mashups.

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