enumerate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈn(j)u.məˌɹeɪt/

Verb

enumerate (third-person singular simple present enumerates, present participle enumerating, simple past and past participle enumerated)

1. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
2. To determine the amount of.

Synonyms

• (determine the amount of): number, tally; see also Thesaurus:count or Thesaurus:tick off

Derived terms

• afore-enumerated
• enumerative
• misenumerate
• renumerate

Related terms

• enumeration
• enumerator

Translations

to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order

Arabic: أَحْصَى (ʔaḥṣā) Bulgarian: изброя́вам (bg) (izbrojávam) Chinese: Mandarin: 枚举 (zh) (méijǔ), 列举 (zh) (lièjǔ) Czech: vyjmenovat pf Dutch: uittellen (nl) Finnish: luetella (fi) French: énumérer (fr) Galician: enumerar (gl) German: aufzählen (de) Greek: απαριθμώ (el) (aparithmó) Hungarian: felsorol (hu) Ido: enumerar (io) Ingrian: luetella Japanese: 列挙する (れっきょ-する, rekkyo-suru) Polish: policzyć (pl) pf Portuguese: enumerar (pt) Russian: перечисля́ть (ru) impf (perečisljátʹ), перечи́слить (ru) pf (perečíslitʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: nabrojati (sh) Spanish: enumerar (es)

to determine the amount of

Dutch: opsommen (nl), enumereren (nl), uittellen (nl) French: dénombrer (fr) Galician: enumerar (gl) Hungarian: megszámol (hu), számlál (hu) Ido: enumerar (io) Japanese: 数える (ja) (kazoeru) Norwegian Bokmål: tallfeste (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: talfeste Polish: odliczyć pf, odliczać impf Portuguese: enumerar (pt) Russian: пересчи́тывать (ru) impf (peresčítyvatʹ), пересчита́ть (ru) pf (peresčitátʹ) Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr)

Adjective

enumerate (comparative more enumerate, superlative most enumerate)

1. (obsolete, participle) Enumerated.
   • 1646, George Gillespie, Male Audis:

     So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

enumerate

1. inflection of enumerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

enumerate f pl

1. feminine plural of enumerato

Anagrams

• ermeneuta, umanerete

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.nʊ.mɛˈraː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.nu.meˈraː.t̪e]

Verb

ēnumerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēnumerō

Spanish

Verb

enumerate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of enumerar combined with te