many
A large, indefinite number of people or thingsA large, indefinite number of people or things.
» How many books do you have?
Wie viele Bücher besitzt du? — xtofu80
Wie viele Bücher hast du? — MikeDee
Wie viele Bücher haben Sie? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wie viele Bücher habt ihr? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wie viele Bücher besitzen Sie? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Сколько у тебя книг? — Wordowl
Сколько у Вас книг? — vinkara
Сколько же у тебя книг? — marafon
Сколько у вас книг? — marafon
Скільки у тебе книг? — deniko
Скільки книг ви маєте? — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA large, indefinite number of people or things.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
мно́гиеmnógije, мно́гоеmnógoje
Examples
14819 sentencesHow many books do you have?
Скільки у тебе книг? — deniko
ruСколько у тебя книг? — Wordowl
deWie viele Bücher besitzt du? — xtofu80
How many bags do you have?
Скільки у вас сумок? — deniko
ruСколько у вас сумок? — odexed
deWie viele Taschen haben Sie? — MUIRIEL
How many children do you have?
Скільки у тебе дітей? — deniko
ruСколько у вас детей? — Hellerick
deWie viele Kinder haben Sie? — MUIRIEL
How many languages can you speak?
Скількома мовами ти розмовляєш? — deniko
ruНа скольких языках ты говоришь? — marafon
deWie viele Sprachen kannst du? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
English is spoken in many countries.
Англійською говорять у багатьох країнах. — uaspeaker
ruПо-английски говорят во многих странах. — Hellerick
deEnglisch wird in vielen Ländern gesprochen. — xtofu80
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), fromFrom Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”).
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- many times times
- many people
- how many people
- how many times
- many times
- there are many
- how many hours
- many days days
- how many more
- many years
- many people are
- how many days
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.