innumerable

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ numerable; from Middle English innumerable, from Latin innumerābilis, from in- +‎ numerābilis.

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innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)

  1. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered.
    The casualties of the Second World War were so great that they are innumerable.
  2. Of a very high number; extremely numerous.
    • 1939, Wilhelm Filchner, “Issik Pakhta—The Sarts—Good-bye to Borodijin”, in E. O. Lorimer, transl., A Scientist in Tartary: from the Hoang-ho to the Indus, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC, page 211:
      The wide sandy plain of the valley, some five miles long, which slopes imperceptibly down to Issik Pakhta, is overgrown with minute bushes. All the tiny streams we crossed unite to form the Alessun Gol, which then flows westwards to the pasture grounds of Kala Otlak. We observed dozens of herds of orongo, mainly females, with innumerable young. The landscape looked highly unpromising for agriculture yet I noticed that the folk of Bulaq Bashi planted grain. Four hours’ marching took us to within sight of Issik Pakhta Nor, which the maps also record as Khon Qum Nor.
    • 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457-458:
      Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)

  1. innumerable
    Synonym: innombrable

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /innumeˈɾable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧nu‧me‧ra‧ble

Adjective

innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)

  1. innumerable

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