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Countable

//ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being counted; having a quantity. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.; Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers. not-comparable

    "In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun."

Adjective
  1. 1
    that can be counted wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A noun that is countable.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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