English Explanatory Dictionary

countable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
  2. Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
  3. Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
  4. Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.
noun
  1. A noun that is countable.

Pronunciation

/ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/ [ˈkʰãʊ̯̃n.(ɾ)ə.bɫ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countable.wav

Word forms

countable countables

Etymology

From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.

Synonyms

denumerable count count noun countable noun

Antonyms

uncountable countless numberless innumerable uncounted unnumberable unnumbered untold infinite non-denumerable noncount non-count mass noun noncount noun non-count noun uncountable noun

Related words

countability denumerability enumerability mass noun plurale tantum universal grinder universal packager universal sorter

Derived words

axiom of countable choice countability countable additivity countableness countable noun countable set countably noncountable second-countable subcountable uncountable

Translations

Bulgarian: изброим Chinese Mandarin: 可數 /可数 Czech: spočetný Dutch: aftelbaar Finnish: numeroituva French: dénombrable Galician: contábel German: abzählbar Hungarian: megszámlálható Japanese: 可算 Persian: شمارشپذیر Polish: przeliczalny Portuguese: contável Slovene: števen Spanish: numerable Swedish: uppräknelig
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