countless
/ˈkaʊntləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
det
A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
adj
Synonym of uncountable.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The stars in the sky are countless."
- "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; […]"
Etymology
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.