numerable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-

Proto-Italic *nomezos

Latin numerus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin numerō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin numerābilisbor.

English numerable

Borrowed from Latin numerābilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

numerable (comparative more numerable, superlative most numerable)

1. Able to be counted; countable.
2. (mathematics) In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers.
3. (comparable, nonstandard) numerous

Antonyms

• innumerable
• uncountable

Derived terms

• numerableness
• numerably
• unnumerable

Translations

able to be counted

• French: nombrable (fr) m or f
• Italian: numerabile (it)
• Spanish: numerable
• Swedish: räknebar (sv)

in one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers

• Finnish: numeroituva (fi)

numerous — see numerous

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} zählbar (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} numerabile (it)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} räknelig (sv)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin numerābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numeˈɾable/ [nu.meˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: nu‧me‧ra‧ble

Adjective

numerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural numerables)

1. countable; numerable

   Synonym: contable

   Antonyms: innumerable, incontable

Further reading

• “numerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025