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Meaning of "countable noun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTABLE NOUN

countable noun  [ˌkaʊntəb əlˈnaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTABLE NOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Countable noun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTABLE NOUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Count noun

In linguistics, a count noun is a common noun that can be modified by a numeral and that occurs in both singular and plural form, as well as co-occurring with quantificational determiners like every, each, several, etc. A mass noun has none of these properties. It can't be modified by a numeral, occur in singular/plural or co-occur with the relevant kind of determiner.

Definition of countable noun in the English dictionary

The definition of countable noun in the dictionary is a noun that can be used with the indefinite article, and made plural.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTABLE NOUN


adnoun
ˈædnaʊn
breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
noun
naʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
pronoun
ˈprəʊˌnaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
renown
rɪˈnaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
town
taʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTABLE NOUN

count against
count noun
count on
count one´s beads
count one´s chickens before they are hatched
count out
count palatine
Count Rumford
countability
countable
countably
countback
countdown
countenance
counter
counter hand
counter jumper
counter staff
counter-argument
counter-gambit

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTABLE NOUN

abstract noun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
disjunctive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
mass noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
subject pronoun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

Synonyms and antonyms of countable noun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «countable noun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTABLE NOUN

Find out the translation of countable noun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of countable noun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «countable noun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可数名词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sustantivo contable
570 millions of speakers

English

countable noun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गणनीय संज्ञा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاسم القابل للعد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исчисляемое существительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

substantivo contável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গণনাযোগ্য বিশেষ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

substantif dénombrable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kata nama yang boleh dipertimbangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zählbare Nomen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

可算名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셀 수있는 명사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung sing bisa diitung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

danh từ đếm được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ணக்கூடிய பெயர்ச்சொல்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गणनीय संज्ञा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sayılabilir isim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sostantivo numerabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

policzalny rzeczownik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обчислювана іменник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

substantiv numărabilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετρήσιμα ουσιαστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telbare naamwoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvantifierbart substantiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tellbar substantiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of countable noun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTABLE NOUN»

The term «countable noun» is normally little used and occupies the 137.498 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTABLE NOUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «countable noun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «countable noun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about countable noun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTABLE NOUN»

Discover the use of countable noun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to countable noun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Pearson Complete Guide For The Cat
Countable Nouns A countable noun is a noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that can be counted. A countable noun can be made plural. Countable nouns are the opposite of non-countable nouns ...
Sinha Nishit K, 2011
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Grammar and the Chinese ESL Learner
Common Noun Phrase was further classified into Uncountable Noun Phrase and Countable Noun Phrase, which was subdivided into Singular Countable Noun Phrase and Plural Countable Noun Phrase. Table 10 and table 11 report the ...
Yong Lang
3
Total Preparation for the TOEIC. Erreur de Graphie "grammr" ...
A singular countable noun must be preceded by an article (the, a, an) or other determiner — that is, a demonstrative (this, that), a possessive (my, your, his, her, our, their, one's, John's), or a quantifier (one, another, each, every, no, either, ...
Hubert Silly, 2004
4
Writing Effective Business Rules
A singular countable noun requires a preceding determiner (see Section 5.4) such as an article ('a', 'an', or 'the'), when used in a sentence. Thus “*author signs book” is an invalid statement4, whereas “each author signs his book” is valid.
Graham Witt, 2012
5
Exploring English Grammar
Non-Countable Nouns A non-countable noun (or mass noun) is a noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to something that you could (or would) not usually count. A non-countable noun always takes a singular verb in a  ...
Grenville Kleiser
6
New Trends in English Teacher Education
The subject of the present analysis is the use of the articles with complex noun phrases restricted to a very narrow category, namely a general countable noun in the singular number as the head noun and a general countable noun of an ...
A. Jesús Moya Guijarro, José Ignacio Albentosa Hernández, 2008
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Pre-GED Writing
A collective noun is considered singular and requires a singular verb (sets). 3. is. Strength is the subject. Strength is a non-countable noun. A non-countable noun is considered singular and requires a singular verb (is). 4. is. Gold is the subject ...
Lynda Rich Spiegel, 1997
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Grammar Help Easy Writer
To review from Chapter 1 , a countable noun is a noun that can be counted - one, two three, etc. The noun friend is countable, for example, because you can count one friend, two friends, three friends etc. Thus, countable nouns have a ...
Jane Hanser, 2004
9
Objective First Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM
Countable noun. Coffee grows in Brazil. Uncountable noun for the product. Would you like to come roundfor a coffee? Countable noun meaning 'a cup of coffee'. a b a I haven'tgot enough paper left to finish this composition. Uncountable ...
Annette Capel, Wendy Sharp, 2014
10
Objective First Student's Book without Answers with CD-ROM
Countable noun. Coffee grows in Brazil. Uncountable noun for the product. Would you like to come roundfor a coffee? Countable noun meaning 'a cup of coffee'. a b a I haven'tgot enough paper left to finish this composition. Uncountable ...
Annette Capel, Wendy Sharp, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTABLE NOUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term countable noun is used in the context of the following news items.
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Transitioning to apps for Office featuring Ryan Duguid of Nintex
"Learning" is not a countable noun - or shouldn't be. The word you want is "Lessons." Unless you are being piped over the side, you are not ... «Microsoft - Channel 9, May 15»
2
Last Night's Game of Thrones Had a Diss to Make Grammar Pedants …
The rule can be defined with the popular phrase "fewer cows, less milk", which reminds us that when using what is known as a 'countable noun' ... «Gizmodo UK, May 15»
3
Continue or Stop the War? Voters Choose in Election of 1864
>Malice is not a countable noun, so it cannot be made plural. So this sentence should be, Causing malice toward other people should be ... «VOA Learning English, Dec 14»
4
Why Do Brits Say Maths and Americans Say Math?
... Lexicon Valley reader email—revealed that, in South Africa, most English speakers treat email as a countable noun (“I've got a lot of emails”), ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 14»
5
For Who (Sic) The Bell Tolls: Why Future English Will Be Simpler
... pieces, less pie, fewer muggings, less crime”—the rules that govern what is a countable noun and what isn't vary across languages. «Motherboard, Jul 14»
6
Know your English — How is the word 'kowtow' pronounced?
Both the Americans and the British treat this word as a countable noun; therefore, the indefinite article 'a' always precedes it. It is always 'I have ... «The Hindu, Nov 13»
7
“flesta” or “mesta”?
The word “news” is for example an uncountable noun in English but a countable noun in Swedish: en nyhet, nyheter (countable noun). (news). «The Local.se, Sep 13»
8
Grammar books
“People” is a plural countable noun in most of its meanings. We can say “ten people” or “10,000 people”, for instance. However, in one of its ... «Malaysia Star, Feb 12»
9
Word Watch: 'Many Fewer'
For "data," the choice could be "many fewer data" (if you view "data" as a countable noun) or "much less data" (if you view it as a mass noun). «Hartford Courant, Sep 11»
10
Whither English in Malaysia?
In this connection, I reproduce below an amusing e-message – I propose the term e-message, which is a countable noun, rather than e-mail, ... «Malaysia Star, Apr 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Countable noun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/countable-noun>. Apr 2024 ».
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