Standard Lemma guide

uncountable

adj · noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

So many as to be incapable of being counted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: countable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: countable

Broader terms: infinite

3

adj

Meaning 3

That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
  • One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noncount, non-count

Antonyms: countable

4

noun

Meaning 4

A noun that is uncountable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: countable, count noun, countable noun

History

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- English countable English uncountable From un- + countable.

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ontelbaar — too many to be counted
  • Armenian: անհաշվելի (anhašveli) — too many to be counted
  • Bulgarian: неизброим (neizbroim) — too many to be counted
  • Danish: talrig — too many to be counted
  • Danish: utællelig — too many to be counted
  • Dutch: ontelbaar — too many to be counted
  • Estonian: loendamatu — too many to be counted
  • Finnish: lukematon — too many to be counted
  • French: indénombrable — too many to be counted
  • Georgian: უთვალავი (utvalavi) — too many to be counted
  • Georgian: ურიცხვი (uricxvi) — too many to be counted
  • Georgian: აურაცხელი (auracxeli) — too many to be counted
  • Georgian: უამრავი (uamravi) — too many to be counted
  • German: unzählig — too many to be counted
  • German: zahllos — too many to be counted
  • German: unzählbar — too many to be counted
  • Hindi: अनगिनत (anginat) — too many to be counted
  • Hindi: अगणित (agṇit) — too many to be counted
  • Hindi: असंख्य (asaṅkhya) — too many to be counted
  • Hungarian: számtalan — too many to be counted
  • Indonesian: tak terhitung — too many to be counted
  • Italian: innumerevole — too many to be counted
  • Italian: incalcolabile — too many to be counted
  • Japanese: 無数の (musū-no) — too many to be counted
  • Japanese: 数えきれないほどの (kazoe kirenai hodo no) — too many to be counted
  • Latvian: neskaitāmi — too many to be counted
  • Latvian: neskaitāmas — too many to be counted
  • Macedonian: непреброив (neprebroiv) — too many to be counted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utellelig — too many to be counted
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljeleg — too many to be counted
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljande — too many to be counted
  • Persian: بیشمار (bi-šomâr) — too many to be counted
  • Polish: niepoliczalny — too many to be counted
  • Portuguese: incontável — too many to be counted
  • Romanian: nenumărabil — too many to be counted
  • Russian: бессчётный (bessčótnyj) — too many to be counted
  • Russian: бесчи́сленный (besčíslennyj) — too many to be counted
  • Russian: неисчисли́мый (neisčislímyj) — too many to be counted
  • Slovene: neštet — too many to be counted
  • Spanish: incontable — too many to be counted
  • Swedish: oräknelig — too many to be counted
  • Turkish: sayılamayan — too many to be counted
  • Welsh: anrhifadwy — too many to be counted
  • Welsh: anghyfrifadwy — too many to be counted
  • Afrikaans: ontelbaar — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Bulgarian: неизброим (neizbroim) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Czech: nespočetný — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Danish: overtællelig — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Dutch: overaftelbaar — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Finnish: ylinumeroituva — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Finnish: numeroitumaton — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • French: indénombrable — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • German: überabzählbar — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Hindi: अगणित (agṇit) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Hindi: अनगिनत (anginat) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Hindi: असंख्य (asaṅkhya) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Hungarian: megszámlálhatatlan — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Indonesian: tak terhitung — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Italian: non numerabile — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Japanese: 非可算 (hikasan) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Macedonian: непреброив (neprebroiv) — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utellbar — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Persian: شمارشناپذیر — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Polish: nieprzeliczalny — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Portuguese: incontável — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Romanian: nenumărabil — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Slovene: nešteven — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Spanish: incontable — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Swedish: ouppräknelig — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Turkish: hesaplanamaz — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Welsh: anrhifadwy — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Welsh: anghyfrifadwy — mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
  • Armenian: անհաշվելի (anhašveli) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Bulgarian: неброим (nebroim) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Catalan: incomptable — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不可數 /不可数 (bùkěshǔ) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Czech: nespočetný — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Dutch: ontelbaar — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Estonian: loendamatu — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Finnish: luvuton — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • French: indénombrable — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Georgian: უთვლადი (utvladi) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • German: unzählbar — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Hungarian: megszámlálhatatlan — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Hungarian: nem számszerű — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Indonesian: tak terhitung — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Italian: non numerabile — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Italian: invariabile — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Japanese: 不可算 (fukasan) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Latvian: vienskaitlinieks — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utellelig — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljeleg — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljande — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Persian: شمارشناپذیر — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Polish: niepoliczalny — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Portuguese: incontável — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Romanian: nenumărabil — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Romanian: inumerabil — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Russian: неисчисля́емый (neisčisljájemyj) — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Slovene: nešteven — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Spanish: incontable — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Swedish: icke räknebar — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Swedish: oräknebar — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Turkish: sayılamaz — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Welsh: anrhifadwy — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
  • Welsh: anghyfrifadwy — linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted