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From in- + numerable; from Middle English innumerable, from Latin innumerābilis, from in- + numerābilis.
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.
- 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[1], 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.
- countless, numberless, unnumbered, untold; see also Thesaurus:innumerable
- “innumerable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.
innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)
- innumerable
- Synonym: innombrable
- “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.
Borrowed from Latin innumerābilis.
innumerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)
- “innumerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014