countable

adj.

1. That can be counted: countable items; countable sins.
2. Mathematics. That can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers.

countability count'a·bil'i·ty n.
countably count'a·bly adv.

Variant: denumerable

A set is countable if its members can be listed as a finite or infinite sequence, x₁, x₂,.... The rational numbers are countable, but the irrational numbers, even in a finite interval, are not.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: that can be counted
  Synonyms: denumerable, enumerable, numerable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tællelig, som kan tælles

idioms:

• countable noun    tælleligt substantiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
telbaar

Français (French)
adj. - (Ling) comptable, dénombrable

idioms:

• countable noun    (Ling) nom comptable/dénombrable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zählbar

idioms:

• countable noun    zählbares Nomen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετρήσιμος, (γραμμ.) αριθμήσιμος

idioms:

• countable noun    αριθμήσιμο ουσιαστικό

Italiano (Italian)
numerabile

idioms:

• countable noun    nome numerabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - contável

idioms:

• countable noun    substantivo (m) contável

Русский (Russian)
исчисляемый

idioms:

• countable noun    исчисляемое существительное

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contable, que se puede contar

idioms:

• countable noun    sustantivo contable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som kan räknas, räknebar, pluralbildande (gram.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
能算的, 可计算的

idioms:

• countable noun    可数名词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 能算的, 可計算的

idioms:

• countable noun    可數名詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 셀 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 数えられる
n. - 数えられる名詞, 可算名詞

idioms:

• countable noun    数えられる名詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قابل للعد أو الأحصاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אפשר לספרו, ספיר‬

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