numerable

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adjective

Able to be counted; countable.

Similar
countabledenumerableenumerablecalculable
Opposite
innumerableuncountable
OriginLatin numerābilis ← Proto-Italic *nomezos ← Proto-Indo-European *nem- →
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Meanings

adjectivenumerable (comparative more numerable, superlative most numerable)

comparative more numerable · superlative most numerable

  1. Able to be counted; countable.
  2. mathematicsIn one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers.
  3. comparablenonstandardnumerous

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
innumerableuncountable

adjectivethat can be counted

Similar
countabledenumerableenumerablecalculable
Also see
countabledenumerableenumerablenumberable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  2. Proto-Italic*nomezos
  3. Latinnumerus
  4. Latinnumerō
  5. Latinnumerābilis
  6. Englishnumerable

Borrowed from Latin numerābilis.

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Translations

Finnish numeroituva
  • numeroituvain one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers
French nombrable
  • nombrableable to be counted
Italian numerabile
  • numerabileable to be counted
Spanish numerable
  • numerableable to be counted
Swedish räknebar
  • räknebarable to be counted
Cite this entry
APA

numerable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numerable

MLA

“numerable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numerable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numerable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numerable.

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