English
Etymology
un-#English|un- + countable
Adjective
en-adj-notcomp
- So many as to be incapable of being counted.
#: The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
- math Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
#:* Cantorâs âdiagonal proofâ shows that the real numbers are uncountable.
- Linguistics Describes a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information.
#:* Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
Antonyms
countable
Derived terms
uncountable noun
uncountable set
Translations
trans-top|too many to be counted
Danish: talrig, utællelig
Dutch: ontelbaar
Finnish: lukematon
German: unzählbar (:de:unzählbar|^)
Italian: innumerevole, incalcolabile
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|ç¡æ°ã®|trmusÅ«-no, t|ja|scJpan|æ°ããããªãã»ã©ã®|trkazoe kirenai hodo no
Slovene: neštet m, nešteta f, nešteto n
Swedish: oräknelig
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trans-top|mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
Danish: overtællelig
Dutch: ontelbaar
Finnish: ylinumeroituva
German: zahllos (:de:zahllos|^)
Italian: innumerabile
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Slovene: nešteven m, neštevna f, neštevno n
Swedish: ouppräknelig
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trans-top|linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
Finnish: luvuton
German: unzählbar (:de:unzählbar|^)
Italian: non numerabile
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|ä¸å¯ç®|trfukasan
Slovene: nešteven m, neštevna f, neštevno n
Swedish: oräknelig
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ttbc|French: indénombrable (1) invariable (2)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|بÛØ´Ù
ار (bišomâr)
ttbc|Spanish: incontable (1)
See also
infinite
innumerable
mass noun
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