Definitions For Uncountable

Noun

UNCOUNTABLE (plural UNCOUNTABLEs) (grammar) An uncountable noun.

Adjective

(not comparable) So many as to be incapable of being counted. : {{ux, en, The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.}} (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof. : {{ux, en, Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.}} (grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore :appendix:glossary#uncountable, usually takes no plural form. Example: information. : {{ux, en, Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.}} : {{ux, en, One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.}}

Synonyms

too many to be counted countless; see also thesaurus:innumerable grammar non-count

Antonyms

countable

Hypernyms

set theory infinite

Derived terms

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Translations

Afrikaans: ontelbaar Armenian: անհաշվելի Bulgarian: неизброим Danish: talrig, utællelig Dutch: ontelbaar Estonian: loendamatu Finnish: lukematon French: indénombrable, m, f Georgian: უთვალავი, ურიცხვი, აურაცხელი, sc=Geor, უამრავი, sc=Geor German: unzählig, zahllos, unzählbar Hindi: बेशुमार, अनगिनत, बेहिसाब, अगणित Hungarian: számtalan Italian: innumerevole, incalcolabile Japanese: 無数の (musū-no), 数えきれないほどの (kazoe kirenai hodo no) Latvian: neskaitāmi, m-p, neskaitāmas, f-p Macedonian: непреброив Norwegian: : Norwegian Bokmål: utellelig : Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljeleg, uteljande Persian: بی‌شمار (bi-šomâr) Polish: niepoliczalny Portuguese: incontável, m, f Romanian: nenumărabil, m, n Russian: бессчётный, бесчи́сленный, неисчисли́мый Slovene: neštet Spanish: incontable Swedish: oräknelig Turkish: sayılamayan Afrikaans: ontelbaar Czech: nespočetný, m Danish: overtællelig Dutch: overaftelbaar Finnish: ylinumeroituva, numeroitumaton French: indénombrable, m, f German: überabzählbar Hindi: अगणित, अनगिनत Hungarian: megszámlálhatatlan Italian: non numerabile Japanese: 非可算 (ひかさん, hikasan) Macedonian: непреброив Norwegian: : Norwegian Bokmål: utellbar Persian: شمارشناپذیر Polish: nieprzeliczalny Portuguese: incontável, m, f Romanian: nenumărabil, m, n Slovene: nešteven Spanish: incontable Swedish: ouppräknelig Turkish: hesaplanamaz Armenian: անհաշվելի Catalan: incomptable Chinese: : Mandarin: 不可數, tr=bùkěshǔ Czech: nespočetný Dutch: ontelbaar Estonian: loendamatu Finnish: luvuton French: indénombrable, m, f Georgian: უთვლადი German: unzählbar Hungarian: megszámlálhatatlan, nem számszerű Italian: non numerabile, invariabile Japanese: 不可算, tr=ふかさん, fukasan Latvian: vienskaitlinieks, m Norwegian: : Norwegian Bokmål: utellelig : Norwegian Nynorsk: uteljeleg, uteljande Persian: شمارشناپذیر Polish: niepoliczalny Portuguese: incontável, m, f Romanian: nenumărabil, m, n, inumerabil Russian: неисчисля́емый Slovene: nešteven Spanish: incontable Swedish: icke räknebar, oräknebar Turkish: sayılamaz

Etymology

un + countable

See also

{{qualifier, mathematics}} infinite {{qualifier, mathematics}} innumerable {{qualifier, linguistics}} mass noun {{qualifier, linguistics}} singulare tantum :category:uncountable nouns by language