"countable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkaʊntəbəl/, [ˈkʰaʊn(ɾ)əbɫ̩] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countable.wav [UK]
Etymology: From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|countable}} Middle English countable, {{suffix|en|count|able|gloss1=to enumerate}} count (“to enumerate”) + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} countable (not comparable)
  1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: countable-en-adj-4QKSdbyj Translations (capable of being counted, having a quantity): comptable (Catalan), spočitatelný (Czech), tællelig (Danish), telbaar (Dutch), telbare (Dutch), numeroituva (Finnish), dénombrable (French), თვლადი (tvladi) (Georgian), გამოთვლადი (gamotvladi) (Georgian), zählbar (German), गणनीय (gaṇnīya) (Hindi), megszámlálható (Hungarian), enumerabile (Italian), 数えられる (kazoerareru) (Japanese), yn-choontey (Manx), شمارشپذیر (Persian), enumerável (Portuguese), contável (Portuguese), numărabil (Romanian), исчисли́мый (isčislímyj) (Russian), števen (Slovene), contable (Spanish), räknebar (Swedish), räknelig (Swedish), contåve (Walloon), rhifadwy (Welsh) Disambiguation of 'capable of being counted, having a quantity': 84 6 6 5
  2. (mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers. Tags: not-comparable, of a set Categories (topical): Set theory
    Sense id: countable-en-adj-H0iQL4oV Disambiguation of Set theory: 3 39 45 6 6 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers. Tags: not-comparable, of a set Categories (topical): Set theory
    Sense id: countable-en-adj-H7Pm9xj5 Disambiguation of Set theory: 3 39 45 6 6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 13 15 30 23 19 Topics: mathematics, sciences Synonyms: denumerable Translations (math: having a bijection with the natural numbers): numeroituva (Finnish), przeliczalny (Polish) Disambiguation of 'math: having a bijection with the natural numbers': 5 38 49 9
  4. (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form. Tags: not-comparable, of a noun
    Sense id: countable-en-adj-tBrURPl4 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Translations (grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article): مَعْدُود (maʕdūd) (Arabic), выліча́льны (vyličálʹny) (Belarusian), 可數 (kěshǔ) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 可数 (kěshǔ) [Mandarin] (Chinese), počitatelný [masculine] (Czech), telbaar (Dutch), telbare (Dutch), loenduv (Estonian), luvullinen (Finnish), dénombrable (French), თვლადი (tvladi) (Georgian), zählbar (German), megszámlálható (Hungarian), számszerű (Hungarian), numerabile (Italian), 可算 (kasan) (alt: かさん) (Japanese), policzalny (Polish), contável (Portuguese), исчисля́емый (isčisljájemyj) (Russian), števen (Slovene), räknebar (Swedish), обчи́слювальний (občýsljuvalʹnyj) (Ukrainian) Disambiguation of 'grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article': 4 20 21 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (countably infinite): infinite Disambiguation of 'countably infinite': 1 44 51 3 Hyponyms (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers): finite, countably infinite Disambiguation of 'having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers': 5 41 45 9 Derived forms: axiom of countable choice, countable additivity, countable set, second-countable Related terms: countability Translations (math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers): 可數 (kěshǔ) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 可数 (kěshǔ) [Mandarin] (Chinese), spočetný (Czech), aftelbaar (Dutch), numeroituva (Finnish), dénombrable (French), abzählbar (German), megszámlálható (Hungarian), 可算 (kasan) (Japanese), شمارشپذیر (Persian), przeliczalny (Polish), contável (Portuguese), števen (Slovene), numerable (Spanish), uppräknelig (Swedish) Disambiguation of 'math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers': 5 41 46 8

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaʊntəbəl/, [ˈkʰaʊn(ɾ)əbɫ̩] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countable.wav [UK]
Etymology: From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|countable}} Middle English countable, {{suffix|en|count|able|gloss1=to enumerate}} count (“to enumerate”) + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} countable (plural countables) Forms: countables [plural]
  1. (grammar) A countable noun.
    Sense id: countable-en-noun-BVg71lD7 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Related terms: denumerability, enumerability, mass noun, plurale tantum

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tvladi",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamotvladi",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
          "word": "გამოთვლადი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
          "word": "zählbar"
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gaṇnīya",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
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          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
          "word": "enumerabile"
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kazoerareru",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
          "word": "数えられる"
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          "_dis1": "84 6 6 5",
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          "lang": "Manx",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
          "word": "شمارشپذیر"
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          "sense": "capable of being counted, having a quantity",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
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        "(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers."
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          "word": "numeroituva"
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          "_dis1": "5 38 49 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "math: having a bijection with the natural numbers",
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        }
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          "ref": "2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112",
          "text": "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.",
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          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maʕdūd",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "word": "مَعْدُود"
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          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vyličálʹny",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "kěshǔ",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "kěshǔ",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "可数"
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          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "počitatelný"
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          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "word": "telbaar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "word": "telbare"
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          "_dis1": "4 20 21 55",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
          "word": "luvullinen"
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          "sense": "grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "可算"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "räknebar"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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