countability

English

Etymology

From count +‎ -ability.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

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Noun

countability

1. The quality of being countable.

   Antonym: uncountability

   • 2023, Alice Yin Wa Chan, chapter 5, in The Acquisition of English Grammar and Phonology by Cantonese ESL Learners: Challenges, Causes and Pedagogical Insights, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Countability is a property applicable to all English common nouns, yet whether a noun is countable or uncountable is sometimes not as straightforward as it may seem, […]

Derived terms

• subcountability

 

Translations

quality of being countable

• Czech: spočetnost f
• Hungarian: (mathematics/grammar) megszámlálhatóság, (grammar) számszerűség (hu)
• Malay: kebolehbilangan
• Romanian: numerabilitate (ro) f (rare)

See also

• universal grinder
• universal packager
• universal sorter