Countable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Adjective

countable

1. Capable of being counted, a quantity
2. ((mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers, or sometimes, having a bijection with just the natural numbers
3. (linguistics) 1914 Describes a noun which can be freely used with the definite article and with numbers. (cf. mass noun uncountable, plurale tantum)

Antonyms

• uncountable

Derived terms

• countable set

Translations

capable of being counted

((mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers

• Finnish: numeroituva
• German: abzählbar

(linguistics) describes a noun which can be freely used with the definite article and with numbers

• Estonian: loenduv
• Japanese: 可算 (かさん, kasan)
• Russian: исчисляемый

See also

• mass noun
• plurale tantum