countable

American  

[koun-tuh-buhl] / ˈkaʊn tə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be counted.

2. Mathematics.

   1. (of a set) having a finite number of elements.

   2. (of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable.

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countable British  

/ ˈkaʊntəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being counted

2. maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable

3. linguistics denoting a count noun

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Other Word Forms

• countability
  noun
• countableness
  noun
• countably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of countable

1400–50; late Middle English. See count ¹, -able

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

countable

To be eligible, she must have no more than $2,000 in countable assets, although the cap varies by state.

From MarketWatch ● May 9, 2026

The next word, "fünf," suggests something countable, excluding abstract ideas such as love or thirst.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

But as Turing stated, all computable numbers must be countable.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023

They assume, reasonably enough, that the side with more countable stuff is likely to be the winner — and quickly if it has a lot more as Russia indeed did.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

Even the rational numbers—the set of numbers that can be written as a/b for integers a and b—were countable.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife