how much

English

Pronunciation

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Determiner

how much

1. (interrogative) What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).

   How much cheese is left in the fridge?

   How much is left in the fridge?

2. (specifically, when referring to the cost of an item) What amount of money.

   How much do you want for it?

   How much is it?

Usage notes

• Used with uncountable nouns only. The form used with countable nouns is how many.

Translations

what quantity

• Abkhaz: заҟа (zāq̇ā)
• Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
• Albanian: sa (sq)
• Arabic: كَمْ‎ (ar) (kam)

  Moroccan Arabic: شحال‎ (šḥāl)

  North Levantine Arabic: قديش‎ (qaddēš)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: כמא‎ (kmā, kmo)

  Syriac: ܟܡܐ‎ (kmā, kmo)

• Armenian: որքան (hy) (orkʿan), ինչքան (hy) (inčʿkʿan)
• Aromanian: cãt m
• Asturian: cuántu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: neçəyə, neçə (az), nə qədər
• Bashkir: күпме (küpme)
• Belarusian: ко́лькі (be) (kólʹki)
• Bengali: কত (bn) (kôt)
• Bikol Central: gurano (bcl)
• Bulgarian: ко́лко (bg) (kólko)
• Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (my) (manyrwe.manyhmya.), ဘယ်နှ (my) (bhaihna.), ဘယ်လောက် (my) (bhailauk)
• Catalan: quant (ca)
• Chamicuro: netna
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 幾多, 几多 (gei² do¹)

  Dungan: дуәшо (duəšo), җи (ži)

  Mandarin: 多少 (zh) (duōshǎo), 幾 (zh), 几 (zh) (jǐ) (below ten)

  Wu: 多少 (tu sau)

• Czech: kolik (cs)
• Dalmatian: cont m
• Danish: hvor meget
• Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
• Esperanto: kiom (eo)
• Estonian: kui palju
• Finnish: paljonko, kuinka paljon
• French: combien (fr)
• Friulian: cetant
• Galician: canto (gl)
• Georgian: რამდენი (ka) (ramdeni)
• German: wie viel (de), old spelling wieviel (de)
• Greek: πόσος (el) m (pósos), πόση (el) f (pósi), πόσο (el) n (póso)

  Ancient: πόσος (pósos), πόση f (pósē), πόσον n (póson)

• Guaraní: mboy
• Hebrew: כַּמָּה‎ (he) (káma)
• Hiligaynon: pila
• Hindi: कितना (hi) (kitnā)
• Hungarian: mennyi (hu)
• Icelandic: hversu mikið
• Ido: quanta (io)
• Indonesian: berapa (id)
• Irish: cé mhéad, cá mhéad
• Italian: quanto (it) m, quanta (it) f
• Japanese: 幾ら (ja) (いくら, ikura), いくら (ja) (ikura)
• Kazakh: қанша (kk) (qanşa), неше (neşe)
• Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (km) (ponmaan)
• Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana), 얼마 (ko) (eolma)

• Kurdish: çend (ku)
• Kyrgyz: канча (ky) (kança), нече (ky) (neçe)
• Lao: ເທົ່າໃດ (thao dai), ຈັກ (chak), ປານໃດ (pān dai), ພຽງໃດ (phīang dai), ສັກທໍ່ໃດ (sak thǭ dai), ຮາວໃດ (hāo dai), ຮາວ (hāo)
• Latgalian: kai
• Latin: quantus (la)
• Latvian: cik
• Lithuanian: kiek
• Macedonian: ко́лку (mk) (kólku)
• Malay: berapa
• Maltese: kemm (mt)
• Mongolian: хэдэн (heden)
• Mòcheno: biavle
• Navajo: díkwíí?
• Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvor mye

• Novial: quanti
• Ojibwe: aaniin minik
• Old English: hū miċel
• Persian: چقدر‎ (fa) (čeqadr), چند‎ (fa) (čand)
• Polish: ile (pl)
• Portuguese: quanto (pt)
• Quechua: hayk'a (qu)
• Romanian: cât (ro) m, câtă f
• Romansch: quant, con, quànt, quaunt
• Russian: ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
• Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko) (Carpathian), кельо (kelʹo) (Pannonian)
• Sardinian: cantu
• Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: колико

  Roman: koliko (sh)

• Sicilian: quantu (scn)
• Slovak: koľko
• Slovene: kóliko (sl)
• Spanish: cuánto (es)
• Swedish: hur mycket
• Tagalog: gaano
• Tajik: чӣ қадар (čī qadar)
• Thai: เท่าไร (th) (tâo-rai), กี่ (th) (gìi)
• Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod)
• Tok Pisin: hamas
• Turkish: ne kadar (tr)
• Turkmen: näçe, näden
• Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky)
• Urdu: کتنا‎ (kitnā)
• Uyghur: قانچە‎ (qanche)
• Uzbek: qancha (uz)
• Venetian: cuanto, cuant
• Vietnamese: mấy (vi) (below ten), bao nhiêu (vi) (above ten)
• Welsh: faint (cy), sawl
• Wolof: ñaata (wo)
• Yiddish: וויפֿל‎ (vifl)
• Yup'ik: qavcin
• Zazaki: çenday

what is the cost/price?

• Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
• Arabic: بِكَم هٰذَا؟‎ (bikam hāḏā?)
• Belarusian: ко́лькі гэ́та кашту́е (kólʹki héta kaštúje)
• Bikol Central: mamira, manggurano (bcl)
• Breton: pegement (br)
• Bulgarian: ко́лко е (kólko e), ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva)
• Burmese: ဘယ်လောက်လဲ (bhailauklai:)
• Catalan: quant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 幾錢 (gei² cin^4-2)

  Mandarin: 多少錢？ (zh), 多少钱？ (zh) (duōshao qián?)

• Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mitä se maksaa?; colloquial: paljonko?, kuinka paljon?
• French: c'est combien?
• Galician: canto custa?, canto é?
• Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs)
• German: wieviel kostet das?
• Greek: πόσο κάνει αυτό; (póso kánei aftó?), πόσο κοστίζει αυτό; (póso kostízei aftó?)
• Hiligaynon: tagpila
• Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?)
• Hungarian: (how much does it cost?) mennyibe kerül? (hu), (how much do you charge for it?) mennyit kér érte?
• Ido: quanta olu kustas?
• Indonesian: berapa banyak?
• Italian: quanto costa?, quant'è
• Japanese: これは幾らですか (kore wa ikura desu ka?), いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)

• Kapampangan: magkanu
• Khmer: ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (tlai punman)
• Korean: 얼마입니까? (Eolmaimnikka?), 얼마에요? (Eolma-eyo?), 이거 얼마에요? (Igeo eolma-eyo?)
• Latgalian: cik
• Latvian: cik
• Macedonian: колку чини (kolku čini)
• Malay: berapa banyak?
• Mongolian: хэд вэ? (hed ve?)
• Navajo: díkwíí?
• Novial: quantum
• Palauan: ngtelang a cheral?
• Persian: چند‎ (fa) (čand)
• Polish: ile (pl), ile kosztuje
• Portuguese: quanto custa?
• Romanian: cât costă?
• Russian: ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit), почём (ru) (počóm) (casual)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: колико је то?, колико кошта?

  Roman: koliko je to?, koliko košta?

• Spanish: ¿cuánto cuesta?
• Tagalog: magkano
• Thai: นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?)
• Ukrainian: скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje), скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ)
• Vietnamese: cái này giá bao nhiêu?
• Welsh: faint (cy)

Adverb

how much

1. (interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.

   How much do you like me?

Translations

to what degree, to what extent

• Hungarian: mennyire? (hu)

References

• how much at OneLook Dictionary Search