umpteen

English

Etymology

umpty (“colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) +‎ -teen

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌmp.tiːn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Determiner

umpteen

1. (informal, often slightly derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number.

   She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.

Derived terms

• umpteenth

Translations

Relatively large but unspecified in number

• Dutch: tig (nl)
• Finnish: toistakymmentä (fi) (between 11 and 19)
• German: zig (de)
• Hungarian: kismillió, egy rakás, csillió
• Manx: dy liooar

• Maori: tuauriuri
• Norwegian: ørten
• Romanian: enșpe
• Russian: бесчисленно (ru) (besčislenno)
• Spanish: una multitud de, un montón de
• Swedish: femtioelva (sv)