adj · det · 4 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkaʊntləs/
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CMU ARPABET:K AW1 N T L AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of uncountable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The stars in the sky are countless.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncountable
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Too large to be counted to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
det
Meaning 3
A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
There are countless stars in the sky.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: a couple of, a few, a handful of, several, one, zero, no
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- 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 English count Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English countless From count + -less.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անթիվ
(antʻiv)
— too many to count, innumerable
Armenian:
անհամար
(anhamar)
— too many to count, innumerable
Bengali:
বেশুমার
(beśumar)
— too many to count, innumerable
Bulgarian:
неизброим
(neizbroim)
— too many to count, innumerable
Bulgarian:
безбро́ен
(bezbróen)
— too many to count, innumerable
Catalan:
innombrable
— too many to count, innumerable
Chinese Mandarin:
無數 /无数
(wúshù)
— too many to count, innumerable
Czech:
nesčetný
— too many to count, innumerable
Czech:
nesčíslný
— too many to count, innumerable
Danish:
utallig
— too many to count, innumerable
Danish:
talløs
— too many to count, innumerable
Dutch:
ontelbaar
— too many to count, innumerable
Dutch:
talloos
— too many to count, innumerable
Esperanto:
nekalkulebla
— too many to count, innumerable
Esperanto:
nenombrebla
— too many to count, innumerable
Finnish:
lukematon
— too many to count, innumerable
Finnish:
rajaton
— too many to count, innumerable
French:
incalculable
— too many to count, innumerable
French:
innombrable
— too many to count, innumerable
French:
sans nombre
— too many to count, innumerable
Galician:
incontable
— too many to count, innumerable
Galician:
incontábel
— too many to count, innumerable
German:
unzählig
— too many to count, innumerable
German:
unzählbar
— too many to count, innumerable
German:
zahllos
— too many to count, innumerable
Greek:
αμέτρητος
(amétritos)
— too many to count, innumerable
Greek:
αναρίθμητος
(anaríthmitos)
— too many to count, innumerable
Ancient Greek:
ἀναρίθμητος
(anaríthmētos)
— too many to count, innumerable
Gujarati:
અગણિત
(agaṇit)
— too many to count, innumerable
Hebrew:
אין ספור
(ein sfor)
— too many to count, innumerable
Hebrew:
אינספור
— too many to count, innumerable
Hindi:
असंख्य
(asaṅkhya)
— too many to count, innumerable
Hindi:
अनगिनत
(anginat)
— too many to count, innumerable
Hindi:
अगणित
(agṇit)
— too many to count, innumerable
Hungarian:
számtalan
— too many to count, innumerable
Hungarian:
megszámlálhatatlan
— too many to count, innumerable
Interlingua:
innumerabile
— too many to count, innumerable
Italian:
innumerevole
— too many to count, innumerable
Italian:
incalcolabile
— too many to count, innumerable
Italian:
innumerabile
— too many to count, innumerable
Japanese:
無数な
(musū na)
— too many to count, innumerable
Japanese:
無数の
(musū no)
— too many to count, innumerable
Japanese:
数え切れない
(kazoekirenai)
— too many to count, innumerable
Malayalam:
എണ്ണമറ്റ
(eṇṇamaṟṟa)
— too many to count, innumerable
Malayalam:
അസംഖ്യം
(asaṅkhyaṁ)
— too many to count, innumerable
Māori:
makehua
— too many to count, innumerable
Māori:
tini makehua
— too many to count, innumerable
Māori:
tuauriuri
— too many to count, innumerable
Māori:
tini ngerongero
— too many to count, innumerable
Norwegian Bokmål:
talløs
— too many to count, innumerable
Norwegian Bokmål:
tallaus
— too many to count, innumerable
Norwegian Bokmål:
utallig
— too many to count, innumerable
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tallaus
— too many to count, innumerable
Old English:
unārīmedlīċ
— too many to count, innumerable
Polish:
niezliczony
— too many to count, innumerable
Polish:
nieprzeliczony
— too many to count, innumerable
Polish:
nieprzebrany
— too many to count, innumerable
Portuguese:
incontável
— too many to count, innumerable
Portuguese:
inumerável
— too many to count, innumerable
Romanian:
nenumărabil
— too many to count, innumerable
Romanian:
de nenumărat
— too many to count, innumerable
Russian:
бессчётный
(bessčótnyj)
— too many to count, innumerable
Russian:
бесчи́сленный
(besčíslennyj)
— too many to count, innumerable
Russian:
неисчисли́мый
(neisčislímyj)
— too many to count, innumerable
Russian:
несчётный
(nesčótnyj)
— too many to count, innumerable
Serbo-Croatian:
безбројан
— too many to count, innumerable
Serbo-Croatian:
без броја
— too many to count, innumerable
Serbo-Croatian:
bezbrojan
— too many to count, innumerable
Serbo-Croatian:
bez broja
— too many to count, innumerable
Spanish:
incontable
— too many to count, innumerable
Spanish:
innumerable
— too many to count, innumerable
Spanish:
sin número
— too many to count, innumerable
Spanish:
sinnúmero
— too many to count, innumerable
Swedish:
otalig
— too many to count, innumerable
Tagalog:
di mabilang-bilang
— too many to count, innumerable
Telugu:
అగణితము
(agaṇitamu)
— too many to count, innumerable
Turkish:
hesaplanamaz
— too many to count, innumerable
Turkish:
hesapsız
— too many to count, innumerable
Turkish:
pek çok
— too many to count, innumerable
Turkish:
sayısız
— too many to count, innumerable
Ottoman Turkish:
حسابسز
(hisabsız)
— too many to count, innumerable
Ukrainian:
незліче́нний
(nezličénnyj)
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
afrifed
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
aneirif
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
di-rif
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
dirifedi
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
heb rifedi
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
llond gwlad o
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y blodau
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y graean
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y gwenith
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y gwlith
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y gwŷdd
— too many to count, innumerable
Welsh:
rhif y sêr
— too many to count, innumerable