Meanings
nouncountability (countable and uncountable, plural countabilities)
plural countabilities
- countableuncountableThe quality of being countable.
Countability is a property applicable to all English common nouns, yet whether a noun is countable or uncountable is sometimes not as straightforward as it may seem, […]
2023, Alice Yin Wa Chan, chapter 5, in The Acquisition of English Grammar and Phonology by Cantonese ESL Learners: Challenges, Causes and Pedagogical Insights, →DOI, →ISBNAntonyms: uncountability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being countable.
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Anglo-Normancounter
- Middle Englishcounten
- Englishcount
- Englishcountability
Translations
Czech spočetnost
- spočetnostquality of being countable
Hungarian megszámlálhatóság, számszerűség
- megszámlálhatóságquality of being countable
- számszerűségquality of being countable
Indonesian keterhitungan
- keterhitunganquality of being countable
Malay kebolehbilangan
- kebolehbilanganquality of being countable
Romanian numerabilitate
- numerabilitatequality of being countable
Cite this entry
APA
countability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countability
MLA
“countability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countability.
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