Literally "can be counted on one's fingers"; used to describe something very small in number. In some contexts, it can also describe a small group of outstanding or prominent people.

(idiom) so few that they can be counted; extremely scarce or rare

(of a noun) not admitting of a plural or being used with a number without a measure word

Describes a situation where objects or details are so clear and distinct that they can be counted one by one; clearly visible

the property of being able to be counted

countable or count noun, often used when discussing the grammar of Western languages

countable set in mathematics; denumerable set

a set that contains too many elements to be put into one-to-one correspondence with the set of natural numbers; uncountable set

uncountable noun; mass noun