how much

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Determiner

how much

1. (interrogative) what quantity, what quantity of

   How much bread do you have?

Translations

what quantity

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

  Hebrew: כמא‎‎ (kmā, kmo)

  Syriac: ܟܡܐ‎‎ (kmā, kmo)

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

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

• 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: wieviel (de), wie viel (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πόσος (pósos)

• Hebrew: כַּמָּה‎‎ (he) (káma)
• Hiligaynon: pila
• Hindi: कितना (hi) (kitnā)
• Hungarian: hány (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) (bpon-mān)
• 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: quantum (la), quantus (la), quanta (la) f
• Latvian: cik
• Lithuanian: kiek
• Macedonian: ко́лку (mk) (kólku)
• Malay: berapa
• Maltese: kemm (mt)
• Mongolian: хэдэн (heden)
• Navajo: díkwíí?
• Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvor mye

• Novial: quanti
• Ojibwe: aaniin minik
• 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: ilan, gaano karami
• 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

Adverb

how much (comparative more how much, superlative most how much)

1. (interrogative) what is the cost/price

   How much is it?

Usage notes

• For quantity, it is used with uncountable nouns only. The form used with countable nouns is how many.
• For cost/price, it can be used for both singular and plural, countable or uncountable. E.g. “How much do they cost?” and “What are the prices?” are implied by asking only “How much?”.

Translations

what is the cost/price

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

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

• Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
• Finnish: paljonko, kuinka paljon
• French: c'est combien
• Galician: canto custa?, canto é?
• Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs)
• German: wieviel kostet das?
• Hiligaynon: tagpila
• Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?)
• 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)

Pronoun

how much

1. unspecified number, what number
2. unspecified amount, what amount