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10 Language-to-English DictionariesIncontável
Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-con-ta-vel
"A água é um substantivo incontável."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Referring to nouns that cannot be counted individually and are typically treated as singular.
"Water is an uncountable noun because it cannot be counted in individual units." - 2
Describing something that cannot be quantified or enumerated.
"The uncountable beauty of the landscape left everyone speechless."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'uncountable' is derived from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and 'countable', which comes from the Latin 'computare', meaning 'to calculate'. The word evolved in English during the late 19th century to describe nouns that cannot be counted individually.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Uncountable" is said worldwide
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Innombrable
Transliteration: in-nom-brahl
"L'eau est un nom innombrable."
Unzählbar
Transliteration: un-tsahl-bar
"Wasser ist ein unzählbares Nomen."
Incontabile
Transliteration: in-con-ta-bi-le
"L'acqua è un sostantivo incontabile."
Incontable
Transliteration: in-con-ta-ble
"El agua es un sustantivo incontable."
Incontável
Transliteration: in-con-ta-vel
"A água é um substantivo incontável."
गिनने योग्य नहीं
Transliteration: ginne yogya nahin
"पानी एक गिनने योग्य नहीं है।"
不可数
Transliteration: bù kě shǔ
"水是一个不可数名词。"
셀 수 없는
Transliteration: sel su eobsneun
"물은 셀 수 없는 명사입니다."
数えられない
Transliteration: kazoerarenai
"水は数えられない名詞です。"
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