English

Noun

uncountable ‎(plural uncountables)

1. (linguistics) An uncountable noun.

Adjective

uncountable ‎(not comparable)

1. So many as to be incapable of being counted.

   The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.

2. (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

   Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.

3. (grammar, of a noun) Describes a meaning of a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information.

   Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.

   One meaning in law of the supposedly uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.

Synonyms

• (grammar): non-count

Antonyms

• countable

Hypernyms

• (set theory): infinite

Derived terms

• uncountable noun
• uncountable set
• uncountably

Translations

See also

• (mathematics) infinite
• (mathematics) innumerable
• (linguistics) mass noun
• (linguistics) singulare tantum
• Category:Uncountable nouns by language