uncountable
English
/ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/
adj
Definitions
- So many as to be incapable of being counted.
- (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
- (grammar) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore : takes no plural form. Example: information.
Etymology
Prefix from English countable.
Origin
English
countable
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- count English
- countable English
- countableness English
- countably English
- noncountable English
- subcountable English
- uncountableness English
- uncountably English
- countable Middle English