Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being counted; having a quantity.
Antonyms: uncountable, countless, numberless, innumerable, countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable
- not comparablemathematicsFinite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
Antonyms: uncountable, infinite
- not comparablemathematicsCountably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
Synonyms: denumerable · Antonyms: uncountable, infinite, uncountable, non-denumerable
- not comparablegrammarFreely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.
In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.
2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112Synonyms: count · Antonyms: uncountable, noncount, non-count
plural countables
- grammarA noun that is countable.
Synonyms: count noun, countable noun · Antonyms: uncountable, mass noun, noncount noun, non-count noun, uncountable noun
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being counted; having a quantity.
adjectiveFinite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
adjectiveCountably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
adjectiveFreely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.
nounA noun that is countable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivethat can be counted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Anglo-Normancounter
- Middle Englishcounten
- Middle Englishcountable
- Englishcountable
From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْدُود
- مَعْدُود (maʕdūd)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
Bulgarian изброим, изброим
- изброим (izbroim)capable of being counted, having a quantity
- изброим (izbroim)math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
- броим (broim)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- изброим (izbroim)math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Catalan comptable
- comptablecapable of being counted, having a quantity
Chinese Mandarin 可數 /可数, 可數 /可数
- 可數 /可数 (kěshǔ)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- 可數 /可数 (kěshǔ)math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Czech spočitatelný, počitatelný
- spočitatelnýcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- počitatelnýgrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- spočetnýmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Danish tællelig
- tælleligcapable of being counted, having a quantity
Dutch telbaar, telbare
- telbaarcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- telbarecapable of being counted, having a quantity
- telbaargrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- telbaregrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- aftelbaarmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Estonian loenduv
- loenduvgrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
Finnish numeroituva, numeroituva
- numeroituvacapable of being counted, having a quantity
- numeroituvamath: having a bijection with the natural numbers
- luvullinengrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- numeroituvamath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
French dénombrable, dénombrable
- dénombrablecapable of being counted, having a quantity
- dénombrablemath: having a bijection with the natural numbers
- dénombrablegrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- dénombrablemath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
German zählbar, zählbar
- zählbarcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- zählbargrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- abzählbarmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Hindi गणनीय
- गणनीय (gaṇnīya)capable of being counted, having a quantity
Hungarian megszámlálható, megszámlálható
- megszámlálhatócapable of being counted, having a quantity
- megszámlálhatógrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- számszerűgrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- megszámlálhatómath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Indonesian terhitung
- terhitungcapable of being counted, having a quantity
Italian enumerabile, numerabile
- enumerabilecapable of being counted, having a quantity
- numerabilegrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
Japanese 数えられる, 可算
- 数えられる (kazoerareru)capable of being counted, having a quantity
- 可算 (kasan)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- 可算 (kasan)math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Persian شمارشپذیر, شمارشپذیر
- شمارشپذیرcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- شمارشپذیرmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Polish przeliczalny, policzalny
- przeliczalnymath: having a bijection with the natural numbers
- policzalnygrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- przeliczalnymath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Portuguese enumerável, contável
- enumerávelcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- contávelcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- contávelgrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- contávelmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Romanian numărabil
- numărabilcapable of being counted, having a quantity
Russian исчисли́мый, исчисля́емый
- исчисли́мый (isčislímyj)capable of being counted, having a quantity
- исчисля́емый (isčisljájemyj)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
Spanish contable, numerable
- contablecapable of being counted, having a quantity
- numerablemath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Swedish räknebar, räknelig
- räknebarcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- räkneligcapable of being counted, having a quantity
- räknebargrammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
- uppräkneligmath: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Ukrainian обчи́слювальний
- обчи́слювальний (občýsljuvalʹnyj)grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article
Welsh rhifadwy
- rhifadwycapable of being counted, having a quantity
Cite this entry
countable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countable
“countable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countable.
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