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[edit] Etymology
From Old English maniġ, moniġ, from Proto-Germanic *manago- from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰo-. Cognates include West Frisian mannich, Dutch menig, German manch; and Russian многий (mnógij), Scottish Gaelic minig.
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many (comparative more, superlative most)
- An indefinite large number of.
- Many people enjoy using dictionaries
- There are many different ways to define a word
- 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.
- An indefinite large number of people or things.
- Many are called, but few are chosen.
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an indefinite large number of
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- Arabic: كثير ar(ar) (kaθīr)
- Egyptian: كتير (kitīr)
- Armenian: շատ hy(hy) (šat)
- Bulgarian: много bg(bg) (mnógo)
- Catalan: molt
- Chinese: 很多 (hěnduō)
- Czech: mnoho cs(cs)
- Danish: mange da(da)
- Dutch: veel nl(nl), vele nl(nl)
- Esperanto: multaj
- Finnish: moni fi(fi), monta fi(fi)
- French: beaucoup fr(fr), nombreux fr(fr)
- German: viele de(de)
- Greek: πολλοί m. pl. (polloí)
- Ancient: πολύς (polýs)
- Hebrew: רבים (rabim), הרבה (harbeh)
- Hindi: बहुत (bahut), बहु (bahu)
- Hungarian: sok hu(hu)
- Ido: multa
- Irish: a lán ga(ga), mórán ga(ga)
- Italian: molti it(it)
- Japanese: 多くの (おおくの, ōkuno), 多い (おおい, ōi), 沢山 (たくさん, takusan)
- Korean: 많은 (manh-eun)
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- Kurdish: gelek, گهلێک, زۆر
- Latin: multi la(la)
- Macedonian: многу mk(mk) (mnógu)
- Malayalam: അനേകം (anEkam)
- Navajo: lą'í, łą́, łání, t'óó ahayóí, ahonii'yóí (be many)
- Old Irish: il, imdae
- Persian: زیاد (ziād), چَندین (čændin)
- Polish: wiele pl(pl)
- Portuguese: muitos pt(pt)
- Romanian: mulţi ro(ro) m. pl., multe ro(ro) f. pl.
- Russian: много ru(ru) (mnógo), многие ru(ru) (mnógije), многий ru(ru) (mnógij)
- Sanskrit: बहु (bahu)
- Scots: mony
- Scottish Gaelic: iomadh gd(gd)
- Slovak: mnohý m., mnohá, f., mnohé n., mnohí m. pl., mnohé f+n/pl
- Spanish: muchos es(es) m. pl., muchas es(es) f. pl.
- Swahili: wengi sw(sw)
- Swedish: många sv(sv)
- Telugu: చాలా (chaalaa)
- Thai: ขนัด (khà nàt), มาก (mààk), เยอะ (yūh), รุ่ม (ròòm)
- Turkish: çok tr(tr)
- Welsh: llawer cy(cy)
- Yiddish: אַ סך (a sakh)
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a collective mass of people
an indefinite large number of people or things
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[edit] 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...
