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innumerable

/ˌɪˈnuːməəbəl/ih-NOO-mur-uh-buhl
/ˌɪˈnumɚəbəl/ih-NOO-mur-uh-buhl

Meaningunable to be counted

Common meaning: too many to count

‘in, into’ + ‘a number’ → innumerable

Journey through time

  1. Latinnumerus‘a number’
  2. Frenchinnumerable
  3. Middle Englishinnumerablesource
  4. Englishinnumerable‘too many to count’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

numer also in: numeralnumerousnumberenumerate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin numerus ‘a number’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry numerus, p. 1225 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

enumeratenumbernumeralnumerous

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