innumerable
English edit
Etymology edit
From in- + numerable; from Middle English innumerable, from Latin innumerābilis, from in- + numerābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)
- Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered
- The casualties of the Second World War were so great that they are innumerable.
- 1889, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster & Company, →OCLC:
- Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.
- Of a very high number; extremely numerous
Synonyms edit
- countless, numberless, unnumbered, untold; see also Thesaurus:innumerable
Translations edit
not capable of being counted — see countless
References edit
- “innumerable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)
- innumerable
- Synonym: innombrable
Further reading edit
- “innumerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “innumerable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “innumerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “innumerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)
Further reading edit
- “innumerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014