countable
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countable
- /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/
- /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/ US
- [ˈkʰãʊ̯̃n.(ɾ)ə.bɫ̩] US
Rhymes with -aʊntəbəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.
adjective
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Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
Opposite: uncountable, countless, numberless, innumerable, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, untold
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Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
Opposite: uncountable, infinite
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Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
Similar: denumerable · Opposite: uncountable, infinite, non-denumerable
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Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.
In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.
Similar: count · Opposite: uncountable, noncount, non-count
noun countables
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A noun that is countable.
Similar: count noun, countable noun · Opposite: uncountable, mass noun, noncount noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun
Translations
Every language
adj math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
| Español | numerable |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 可算 kasan |
| 中文 | 可數 /可数 kěshǔ |
| Português | contável |
| Français | dénombrable |
| Deutsch | abzählbar |
adj capable of being counted, having a quantity
| Español | contable |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 数えられる kazoerareru |
| हिन्दी | गणनीय gaṇnīya |
| Português | enumerável, contável |
| Français | dénombrable |
| Deutsch | zählbar |
| Italiano | enumerabile |
| Română | numărabil |
| Русский | исчисли́мый isčislímyj |
adj math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
| Français | dénombrable |
|---|
adj grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
| 日本語 | 可算 kasan |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 可數 /可数 kěshǔ |
| Português | contável |
| Français | dénombrable |
| Deutsch | zählbar |
| Italiano | numerabile |
| Русский | исчисля́емый isčisljájemyj |
| العربية | مَعْدُود maʕdūd |
Talk about this word "countable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/countable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. countable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/countable "countable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/countable.Cite this
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title = {countable},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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