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innumerable - 4 dictionary results

in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅ble

  [i-noo-mer-uh-buhl, i-nyoo-]
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–adjective
1. very numerous.
2. incapable of being counted; countless.
Also, in⋅nu⋅mer⋅ous.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < L innumerābilis countless, innumerable, equiv. to in- in- 3 + numerābilis that can be counted or numbered (numerā(re) to count + -bilis -ble )

Related forms:
in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See many. 2. numberless.
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in·nu·mer·a·ble   (ĭ-nōō'mər-ə-bəl, ĭ-nyōō'-)   
adj.  Too numerous to be counted; numberless. See Synonyms at incalculable.

[Middle English, from Latin innumerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + numerābilis, countable; see numerable.]
in·nu'mer·a·ble·ness n., in·nu'mer·a·bly adv.
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Innumerable

In*nu`mer*a*ble\, a. [L. innumerabilis : cf.F. innumefable. See In- not, and Numerable.] Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

Innumerable as the stars of night. --Milton. -- In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*nu"mer*a*bly, adv.
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Language Translation for : innumerable
Spanish: innumerable,
German: unzählig,
Japanese: 数えきれない
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innumerable 
1340, from L. innumerabilis, from in- "not" + numerabilis "able to be numbered" (see number).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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