Collective nouns are an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun. However, the word 'colorful' is an adjective; collective nouns are not used with adjectives. Collective nouns are used to group nouns. An appropriate collective noun is a 'rainbow of colors'.
The noun 'rainbow' is a standard collective noun for:
The word rainbow is a noun. Using it with another noun is called a noun adjunct, and is not classified as an adjective (e.g. rainbow sheen, rainbow trout).
The word rainbow is a noun. A rainbow is a multicoloured arch that appears in the sky.
Navy is not a collective noun. The word navy is a singular, common noun; a word for a color and a word for a military branch.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way, for example:a fleet of ships (fleet is the collective noun)a crew of sailors (crew is the collective noun)a rainbow of colors (rainbow is the collective noun)
No, the word 'rainbow' is a noun; a word for a display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light; a variety of related and typically colorful things; a word for a a thing.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'rainbow' is it.Example:There was a rainbow in the mist of the waterfall. It was beautiful. (the pronoun 'it' takes the place of the noun 'rainbow' as the subject of the second sentence)
Common noun
Yes
Yes, rainbow is a noun, a singular, common, concrete, compound noun. A rainbow is a thing.
Yes, "rainbow" is a noun phrase. It consists of the noun "rainbow" along with any associated adjectives (e.g., "beautiful rainbow") or determiners (e.g., "the rainbow").
The word rainbow is a noun. Using it with another noun is called a noun adjunct, and is not classified as an adjective (e.g. rainbow sheen, rainbow trout).
The word rainbow is a noun. A rainbow is a multicoloured arch that appears in the sky.
No, the word 'rainbow' is a common noun, a general word for any arch in the sky made up of different colors that forms when the sun's rays are refracted by rain drops; any display or array of different colors.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.Examples of proper nouns for the common noun 'rainbow' are:Rainbow Shops, retail apparel chain based in Brooklyn, NYRainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah"Over the Rainbow", Academy Award winning song from the movie "The Wizard of Oz".
Navy is not a collective noun. The word navy is a singular, common noun; a word for a color and a word for a military branch.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way, for example:a fleet of ships (fleet is the collective noun)a crew of sailors (crew is the collective noun)a rainbow of colors (rainbow is the collective noun)
The word "rainbow" (arc-en-ciel) is a masculine noun in French.
No, the word 'rainbow' is a noun; a word for a display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light; a variety of related and typically colorful things; a word for a a thing.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'rainbow' is it.Example:There was a rainbow in the mist of the waterfall. It was beautiful. (the pronoun 'it' takes the place of the noun 'rainbow' as the subject of the second sentence)
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing.A proper noun for the common noun 'song' is the name (title) of a song, for example; "Over the Rainbow" from the movie "The Wizard of Oz" or the Beatles "Yesterday".
Common noun
common