English

Etymology
count#Verb|to count + -able#English|-able

Adjective
wikipedia|mul=Countable set|Countable noun
en-adj-notcomp

1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity or a numerical attribute.
2. math Having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
3. math Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
4. linguistics 1914 Describes a noun which can be freely used with the definite article and with numbers, and which therefore has a plural form. (cf. mass noun uncountable, plurale tantum)

Antonyms
uncountable

Derived terms
countable noun
countable set

Translations
trans-top|capable of being counted
Dutch: telbaar, telbare
French: dénombrable
trans-mid
Italian: enumerabile
Slovene: Å¡teven m, Å¡tevna f, Å¡tevno n
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trans-top|having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
Finnish: numeroituva
French: dénombrable
German: abzählbar
Hungarian: megszámolható
trans-mid
Italian: finito o numerabile, contabile (uncommon anglicism)
Slovene: Å¡teven m, Å¡tevna f, Å¡tevno n
Swedish: uppräknelig
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trans-top|freely used with numbers and the definite article
Dutch: telbaar, telbare
Estonian: loenduv
French: dénombrable
Italian: numerabile
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, kasan)
Russian: и��и�л�ем�й
Slovene: Å¡teven m, Å¡tevna f, Å¡tevno n
Swedish: räknelig
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See also
mass noun
plurale tantum

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