countablen.

Etymology: < countable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcountable.

A noun that denotes a countable thing, characterized by its ability to form a plural or be used with the indefinite article.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > countable noun

thing-worda1853

countable1914

count-noun1952

1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. v. 114 Such ‘countables’ are either material things like houses, horses, portraits, flowers, etc., or immaterial things of various orders, like days, miles; [etc.].

1962 J. Söderlind in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 102 Not a few of the uncountables so far discussed can function as countables as well.

1970 Eng. Stud. 51 49 A noteworthy characteristic of the sequence no + noun + RC is that non-restrictive RC is only permissible with plural countables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

countableadj.

/ˈkaʊntəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s contabul, 1500s–1600s comptable, 1600s comptible, compteable.

Etymology: < Old French contable, now comptable , < conter , compter : see count v. Often aphetic for accountable adj.

†1.

a. Liable to give an account or reckoning; answerable, responsible; = accountable adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable

accountablec1400

accountant1429

answerable1446

responsalc1460

countable1495

liable1542

chargeable1546

responsable1565

correspondent1612

countant1638

responsible1640

responsive1642

amenablea1781

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 10 §1 Severally countable for the porcions by theym severally receyved.

?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2 The poore wyues must be countable to theym of euery tenth eg.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Jiiij^v We are comptable to god, and so be they.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. x. 605 An honest man is not comptable for the vice and foly of his trade.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 269 We are under an obligation..we are countable for them.

1830 E. Atherstone Fall of Nineveh II. xiii. 272 Who unto you hath made us comptible?

b. Involving responsibility; to be accounted for. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kiii^v Is it not a dignitie wyth a charge? is it not countable? I thynke it wylbe a chargeable dignitie whan accompte shalbe asked of it.

c. Liable to answer to, sensitive to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > susceptible to something spec.

sensible1611

countablea1616

susceptive1637

touchable1642

susceptible1646

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 168 Good Beauties, let mee sustaine no scorne; I am very comptible, euen to the least sinister vsage.

a. Capable or proper to be counted or numbered; numerable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numerable or reckonable

numbrablea1382

numberablea1500

computativea1538

measurable1565

numerable1570

countable1581

accountable1589

computable1610

numerous1638

reckonable1657

summable1718

calculable1742

enumerable1889

scorable1964

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. iv. 452 If any person haue packed Fish in barrels, and haue mixed the countable Fish with the small Fish.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 2 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The evils..are very many, & almost countable with those which were hidden in the basket of Pandora.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 481/1 Thirty men of Armes, and other inferiour Souldiers not countable.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. i. 399 They are countable by the thousand and the million.

b. Within countable degrees of kinship. Cf. count v. 1d.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. v. 631 A Prince of Orange countable kinsman to his Prussian Majesty.

c. Mathematics. = denumerable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numerable or reckonable > denumerable

denumerable1902

countable1906

1906 W. H. Young & G. C. Young Theory of Sets of Points iv. 35 Any set which can be brought into (1, 1)-correspondence with some or all of the natural numbers is said to be countable, and, if not a finite set, is said to be countably infinite.

1941 G. Birkhoff & S. MacLane Surv. Mod. Algebra xii. 338 Not all infinite classes are countable—there is more than one ‘infinite’ cardinal number.

1963 G. D. Mostow et al. Fund. Struct. Algebra ii. 42 Among the infinite sets are those which are said to be countable, or denumerable. [Note] The real numbers constitute an infinite set which is not countable.

d. Of a noun: that can form a plural or be used with the indefinite article. Cf. countably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adjective] > countable or uncountable

uncountable1924

countable1961

1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. v. 121 Names of countable immaterial objects may be thus used as mass-names.]

1961 Brno Stud. in Eng. 3 27 The governing noun hat (which, naturally, is ‘countable’).

1968 J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Linguistics vii. 282 In all the languages referred to here certain words may be used either as ‘mass’ or ‘countable’ nouns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	countable
释义	countablen. Etymology: < countable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcountable. A noun that denotes a countable thing, characterized by its ability to form a plural or be used with the indefinite article. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > countable noun thing-worda1853 countable1914 count-noun1952 1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. v. 114 Such ‘countables’ are either material things like houses, horses, portraits, flowers, etc., or immaterial things of various orders, like days, miles; [etc.]. 1962 J. Söderlind in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 102 Not a few of the uncountables so far discussed can function as countables as well. 1970 Eng. Stud. 51 49 A noteworthy characteristic of the sequence no + noun + RC is that non-restrictive RC is only permissible with plural countables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). countableadj. /ˈkaʊntəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s contabul, 1500s–1600s comptable, 1600s comptible, compteable. Etymology: < Old French contable, now comptable , < conter , compter : see count v. Often aphetic for accountable adj. †1. a. Liable to give an account or reckoning; answerable, responsible; = accountable adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable accountablec1400 accountant1429 answerable1446 responsalc1460 countable1495 liable1542 chargeable1546 responsable1565 correspondent1612 countant1638 responsible1640 responsive1642 amenablea1781 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 10 §1 Severally countable for the porcions by theym severally receyved. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2 The poore wyues must be countable to theym of euery tenth eg. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Jiiij^v We are comptable to god, and so be they. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. x. 605 An honest man is not comptable for the vice and foly of his trade. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 269 We are under an obligation..we are countable for them. 1830 E. Atherstone Fall of Nineveh II. xiii. 272 Who unto you hath made us comptible? b. Involving responsibility; to be accounted for. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kiii^v Is it not a dignitie wyth a charge? is it not countable? I thynke it wylbe a chargeable dignitie whan accompte shalbe asked of it. c. Liable to answer to, sensitive to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > susceptible to something spec. sensible1611 countablea1616 susceptive1637 touchable1642 susceptible1646 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 168 Good Beauties, let mee sustaine no scorne; I am very comptible, euen to the least sinister vsage. View more context for this quotation 2. a. Capable or proper to be counted or numbered; numerable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numerable or reckonable numbrablea1382 numberablea1500 computativea1538 measurable1565 numerable1570 countable1581 accountable1589 computable1610 numerous1638 reckonable1657 summable1718 calculable1742 enumerable1889 scorable1964 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. iv. 452 If any person haue packed Fish in barrels, and haue mixed the countable Fish with the small Fish. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 2 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The evils..are very many, & almost countable with those which were hidden in the basket of Pandora. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 481/1 Thirty men of Armes, and other inferiour Souldiers not countable. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. i. 399 They are countable by the thousand and the million. b. Within countable degrees of kinship. Cf. count v. 1d.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. v. 631 A Prince of Orange countable kinsman to his Prussian Majesty. c. Mathematics. = denumerable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numerable or reckonable > denumerable denumerable1902 countable1906 1906 W. H. Young & G. C. Young Theory of Sets of Points iv. 35 Any set which can be brought into (1, 1)-correspondence with some or all of the natural numbers is said to be countable, and, if not a finite set, is said to be countably infinite. 1941 G. Birkhoff & S. MacLane Surv. Mod. Algebra xii. 338 Not all infinite classes are countable—there is more than one ‘infinite’ cardinal number. 1963 G. D. Mostow et al. Fund. Struct. Algebra ii. 42 Among the infinite sets are those which are said to be countable, or denumerable. [Note] The real numbers constitute an infinite set which is not countable. d. Of a noun: that can form a plural or be used with the indefinite article. Cf. countably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adjective] > countable or uncountable uncountable1924 countable1961 1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. v. 121 Names of countable immaterial objects may be thus used as mass-names.] 1961 Brno Stud. in Eng. 3 27 The governing noun hat (which, naturally, is ‘countable’). 1968 J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Linguistics vii. 282 In all the languages referred to here certain words may be used either as ‘mass’ or ‘countable’ nouns. 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