many

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Etymology

From Old English maniġ, moniġ, from Proto-Germanic *managaz, from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰo-. Cognates include West Frisian mannich, Dutch menig, Low German männig, German manch and mannig-, and perhaps French maint; and Russian многий (mnógij), Scottish Gaelic minig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɛnɪ/, SAMPA: /"mEnI/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛni/, SAMPA: /"mEni/

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• Rhymes: -ɛni
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈmæni/, SAMPA: /"m{ni/
• Rhymes: -æni
• Hyphenation: man‧y

Determiner

many (comparative more, superlative most)

1. An indefinite large number of.

   Many people enjoy using dictionaries

   There are many different ways to define a word

Antonyms

• few

Translations

an indefinite large number of

American Sign Language: S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp 5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp Arabic: كثير (ar) (kathīr), كثيرًا (ar) (kathiiran) Egyptian: كتير (kitīr) Armenian: շատ (hy) (šat), բազում (hy) (bazum) Bulgarian: много (bg) (mnógo) Burmese: များ (my) (mya:), များကြီး (my) (mya:gyi:) Catalan: molt Chinese: Mandarin: 多 (zh) (duō), 很多 (zh) (hěnduō), 好多 (zh) (hǎoduō) Croatian: mnogo (hr) pl. Czech: mnoho (cs) Danish: mange (da) Dutch: veel (nl), vele (nl) Esperanto: multaj Finnish: moni (fi), monta (fi) French: beaucoup (fr), nombreux (fr) Georgian: ბევრი (ka) (bevri) German: viele (de) Greek: πολλοί (el) (polloí) m. pl. Ancient: πολύς (polýs) Hebrew: רבים (he) (rabim), הרבה (he) (harbeh) Hindi: बहुत (hi) (bahut), बहु (hi) (bahu), अधिक (hi) (adhik), ज़्यादा (hi) (zyādā) Hungarian: sok (hu) Icelandic: margur (is) Ido: multa Indonesian: banyak (id) Interlingua: multe (ia) Irish: a lán (ga), mórán (ga) Italian: molti (it) Japanese: 多くの (ja) (おおくの, ōkuno), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi), 沢山 (ja) (たくさん, takusan) Korean: 많은 (ko) (manh-eun)

Kurdish: gelek, گه‌لێک, زۆر Latin: multi (la) Latvian: daudzi (lv) m. pl., daudzas (lv) f. pl. Lojban: so'i (jbo) Low German: (both) männige (nds) pl., (west) männigen (nds) m. and n., (west) männigene (nds) f., (east) männigein (nds) m. and n., (east) männigeine (nds) f., vęle (nds) pl., vęl (nds) Macedonian: многу (mk) (mnógu) Malayalam: അനേകം (anEkam) Navajo: lą'í, łą́, łání, t'óó ahayóí, ahonii'yóí (be many) Old Irish: il, imdae Old Norse: margr Persian: زیاد (fa) (ziyâd), چندین (fa) (čandin), بسیار (fa) (besiyâr), خیلی (fa) (xeili) Polish: wiele (pl) Portuguese: muitos (pt) Romanian: mulți (ro) m. pl., multe (ro) f. pl. Russian: много (ru) (mnógo), многие (ru) (mnógije), многий (ru) (mnógij) Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu) Scots: mony Scottish Gaelic: iomadh (gd) Slovak: mnohý m., mnohá, f., mnohé n., mnohí m. pl., mnohé f+n/pl Spanish: muchos (es) m. pl., muchas (es) f. pl. Swahili: wengi (sw) Swedish: många (sv) Telugu: చాలా (chaalaa) Thai: ขนัด (th) (khà nàt), มาก (th) (mààk), เยอะ (th) (yūh), รุ่ม (th) (ròòm) Turkish: çok (tr), pek çok (tr), birçok (tr) Urdu: بہت (ur) (bahut), زیادہ (ur) (zyādā) Vietnamese: nhiều (vi) Volapük: mödik (vo) Welsh: llawer (cy) Yiddish: אַ סך (a sakh)

Pronoun

many

1. A collective mass of people.

   Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many

   A great many do not understand this.

2. An indefinite large number of people or things.

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

Antonyms

• few

Derived terms

• how many
• many a
• so many

Translations

a collective mass of people

Esperanto: multaj Finnish: monet (fi) pl. Macedonian: мноштво (mk) (mnóštvo) n., многумина (mk) (mnogúmina)

Romanian: mulțime f. Russian: многие (ru) (mnógije) pl., многое (ru) (mnógoje) n. Swahili: wengi (sw)

an indefinite large number of people or things

Bengali: অনেক (bn) (anek) Dutch: velen (nl) Esperanto: multaj Finnish: monet (fi) pl.

Macedonian: многумина (mk) (mnogúmina) Russian: многие (ru) (mnógije) pl. Spanish: muchos (es) m. pl. Swahili: wengi (sw)

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Arabic: كَثِيرٌ (kaθīr)، متعدد

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: even · say · well · #125: many · work · too · every

Anagrams

• myna