countless
déterminantadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈkaʊntləs//
A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
déterminant
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A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
There are countless stars in the sky.
He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English countless From count + -less.
adjectif
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Synonym of uncountable.
The stars in the sky are countless.
- 2
Too large to be counted to.
Just stop and think deeply for a moment and realize the countless number of the grains of sand of the seashore; the countless number of drops of water that go to make up the waters of the earth; […]
countless · A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
country · The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once…countryside · An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is…counts · To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or…