Many

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Pronoun 1.5.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Middle English manye < Old English manig , mænig < Proto-Germanic *managaz < Proto-Indo-European *monogho- , *menegh- (copious).

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈmɛni/	/"mEni/

• Rhymes: -ɛni

Adjective

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

Translations

Arabic: كَثِيرٌ (kaθíːr) Bulgarian: много (mnógo) Chinese: 很多 (hěnduō) Czech: mnoho Dutch: veel , vele Esperanto: multaj Finnish: moni , monta French: beaucoup, nombreux German: viele Greek: πολλοί (polloí) Hebrew: רבים (rabim), הרבה (harbeh) Hungarian: sok Ido: multa Italian: molti Japanese: 多くの (おおくの , ōkuno), 多い (おおい, ōi), 沢山 (たくさん , takusán)

Korean: 많은 (maneun) Kurdish: gelek Latin: multi Persian: زياد (ziād), چَندين (čændin) Polish: wiele Portuguese: muitos Romanian: mult m/sg, multă f/sg, mulţi m/pl, multe f/pl Russian: много (mnógo) Slovak: mnohý m/sg, mnohá , f/sg, mnohé n/sg, mnohí m/pl, mnohé f+n/pl Spanish: muchos m/pl, muchas f/pl Swedish: många Thai: ขนัด (khà nàt), มาก (mààk), เยอะ (yūh), รุ่ม (ròòm)

Noun

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.

Translations

• Esperanto: multaj

Pronoun

many

1. An indefinite large number of people or things

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

Translations

• Esperanto: multaj