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countable

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/

The English word “countable” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
  2. Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
  3. Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
  4. Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.

noun

  1. A noun that is countable.

Etymology

From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.

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