countability

English

Etymology

count +‎ -ability

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

Noun

countability (uncountable)

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, […]

Translations

quality of being countable

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

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