uncountable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl̩/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able Middle English countable English countable English uncountable From un- + countable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) So many as to be incapable of being counted.
Mr. Chambre has since spent uncountable hours and even more uncountable dollars buying upward of 23,000 documents, and he figures to be just hitting speed.
1988 July 13, Douglas Martin, “About New York; Tasting History Through Papers That Age Well”, in The New York Times:The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
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(not-comparable) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.
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(not-comparable, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.
One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.
Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
Antonyms
countable · countable · countable
Deriveds
uncountable noun · uncountable set · uncountably · uncountableness · uncountability
Hypernyms
Synonyms
unnumberable · noncount · unnumbered · uncounted · numberless · uncountable · innumerable · non-count · innumerable · untold · uncounted · countless · numberless · countless
Translations (106)
fa شمارشناپذیر (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · ro nenumărabil (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · lv neskaitāmas (too many to be counted) · it non numerabile (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ja 不可算 (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · bg неизброим (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · nn uteljeleg (too many to be counted) · af ontelbaar (too many to be counted) · cy anghyfrifadwy (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · fa شمارشناپذیر (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · sv ouppräknelig (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · pt incontável (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · hi असंख्य (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ka ურიცხვი (too many to be counted) · hi अगणित (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ka აურაცხელი (too many to be counted) · sv icke räknebar (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · hi अनगिनत (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · fi lukematon (too many to be counted) · de unzählbar (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · hi असंख्य (too many to be counted) · cs nespočetný (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · pl niepoliczalny (too many to be counted) · nl ontelbaar (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nl ontelbaar (too many to be counted) · ka უთვალავი (too many to be counted) · cmn 不可數 /不可数 (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · sl nešteven (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · es incontable (too many to be counted) · nn uteljande (too many to be counted) · lv neskaitāmi (too many to be counted) · de unzählig (too many to be counted) · cy anghyfrifadwy (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · pl niepoliczalny (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · et loendamatu (too many to be counted) · ja 数えきれないほどの (too many to be counted) · fi numeroitumaton (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · pl nieprzeliczalny (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · lv vienskaitlinieks (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · mk непреброив (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · tr sayılamayan (too many to be counted) · cs nespočetný (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · sl nešteven (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nb utellelig (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · hy անհաշվելի (too many to be counted) · cy anrhifadwy (too many to be counted) · ro nenumărabil (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · sl neštet (too many to be counted) · it innumerevole (too many to be counted) · hi अनगिनत (too many to be counted) · sv oräknelig (too many to be counted) · de überabzählbar (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · af ontelbaar (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · bg неброим (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · cy anrhifadwy (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · et loendamatu (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nl overaftelbaar (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · fr indénombrable (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · hu nem számszerű (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · hy անհաշվելի (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · ja 非可算 (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · tr sayılamaz (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · fa بیشمار (too many to be counted) · mk непреброив (too many to be counted) · da talrig (too many to be counted) · pt incontável (too many to be counted) · da overtællelig (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · it incalcolabile (too many to be counted) · ro nenumărabil (too many to be counted) · pt incontável (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · ka უთვლადი (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · id tak terhitung (too many to be counted) · hu számtalan (too many to be counted) · nn uteljeleg (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nb utellelig (too many to be counted) · sv oräknebar (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · fi ylinumeroituva (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · hu megszámlálhatatlan (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · de unzählbar (too many to be counted) · hi अगणित (too many to be counted) · fi luvuton (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · ro inumerabil (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nn uteljande (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · it invariabile (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · nb utellbar (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · da utællelig (too many to be counted) · bg неизброим (too many to be counted) · tr hesaplanamaz (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · id tak terhitung (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · cy anghyfrifadwy (too many to be counted) · hu megszámlálhatatlan (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ru неисчисля́емый (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · cy anrhifadwy (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · ru бессчётный (too many to be counted) · it non numerabile (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · id tak terhitung (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ca incomptable (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · fr indénombrable (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ru неисчисли́мый (too many to be counted) · fr indénombrable (too many to be counted) · de zahllos (too many to be counted) · ja 無数の (too many to be counted) · ka უამრავი (too many to be counted) · es incontable (linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted) · es incontable (mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers) · ru бесчи́сленный (too many to be counted)