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countable

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/
  • US: /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/
  • US: [ˈkhãʊ̯̃n.(ɾ)ə.bɫ̩]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊntəbəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K AW1 N T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uncountable, countless, numberless, innumerable, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, untold

2

adj

Meaning 2

Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uncountable, infinite

Broader terms: finite, countably infinite

3

adj

Meaning 3

Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.

Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: denumerable

Antonyms: uncountable, infinite, non-denumerable

Broader terms: finite, countably infinite

4

adj

Meaning 4

Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: count

Antonyms: uncountable, noncount, non-count

5

noun

Meaning 5

A noun that is countable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: count noun, countable noun

Antonyms: uncountable, mass noun, noncount noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

that can be counted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • countable sins
  • numerable assets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: denumerable, enumerable, numerable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изброим (izbroim) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Catalan: comptable — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Czech: spočitatelný — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Danish: tællelig — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Dutch: telbaar — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Dutch: telbare — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Finnish: numeroituva — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • French: dénombrable — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Galician: contábel — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Georgian: თვლადი (tvladi) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Georgian: გამოთვლადი (gamotvladi) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • German: zählbar — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Hindi: गणनीय (gaṇnīya) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Hungarian: megszámlálható — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Indonesian: terhitung — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Italian: enumerabile — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Japanese: 数えられる (kazoerareru) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Manx: yn-choontey — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Persian: شمارشپذیر — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Portuguese: enumerável — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Portuguese: contável — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Romanian: numărabil — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Russian: исчисли́мый (isčislímyj) — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Slovene: števen — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Spanish: contable — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Swedish: räknebar — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Swedish: räknelig — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Walloon: contåve — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Welsh: rhifadwy — capable of being counted, having a quantity
  • Bulgarian: изброим (izbroim) — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可數 /可数 (kěshǔ) — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Czech: spočetný — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Dutch: aftelbaar — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Finnish: numeroituva — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • French: dénombrable — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Galician: contábel — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • German: abzählbar — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Hungarian: megszámlálható — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Japanese: 可算 (kasan) — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Persian: شمارشپذیر — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Polish: przeliczalny — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Portuguese: contável — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Slovene: števen — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Spanish: numerable — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Swedish: uppräknelig — math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
  • Bulgarian: изброим (izbroim) — math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
  • Finnish: numeroituva — math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
  • French: dénombrable — math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
  • Polish: przeliczalny — math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
  • Arabic: مَعْدُود (maʕdūd) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Belarusian: выліча́льны (vyličálʹny) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Bulgarian: броим (broim) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可數 /可数 (kěshǔ) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Czech: počitatelný — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Dutch: telbaar — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Dutch: telbare — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Estonian: loenduv — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Finnish: luvullinen — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • French: dénombrable — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Galician: contábel — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Georgian: თვლადი (tvladi) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • German: zählbar — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Hungarian: megszámlálható — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Hungarian: számszerű — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Italian: numerabile — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Japanese: 可算 (kasan) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Polish: policzalny — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Portuguese: contável — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Russian: исчисля́емый (isčisljájemyj) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Slovene: števen — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Swedish: räknebar — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
  • Ukrainian: обчи́слювальний (občýsljuvalʹnyj) — grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article