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Etymology 1
From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“some, much, many”), from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰo- (“many”).
Determiner
many (comparative more, superlative most)
- An indefinite large number of.
- Many people enjoy using dictionaries
- There are many different ways to define a word
Usage notes
Many is used with plural nouns only (except in the combination many a). Its singular counterpart is much, which is used with uncountable nouns. Many and much merge in the comparison forms, which are more and most for both determiners.
Antonyms
Translations
an indefinite large number of
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- Arabic: كثير (ar) (kaṯīr), كثيرًا (ar) (kaṯīran)
- Egyptian: كتير (kitīr)
- Aragonese: muitos (an) m pl, muitas (an) f pl
- Armenian: շատ (hy) (šat), բազում (hy) (bazum)
- Asturian: munchos (ast) m pl, munches (ast) f pl
- Azeri: çox (az)
- Belarusian: многія (be) (mnóhija), шмат (be) (šmat), многа (be) (mnóha), багата (be) (baháta)
- Bulgarian: много (bg) (mnógo)
- Burmese: များ (my) (mya:), များကြီး (my) (mya:gyi:)
- Catalan: molt (ca) m pl, moltes (ca) f pl
- Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (chr) (ugodidi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 多 (cmn) (duō), 很多 (cmn) (hěnduō), 好多 (cmn) (hǎoduō)
- Czech: mnoho (cs)
- Danish: mange (da)
- Dutch: veel (nl), vele (nl)
- Esperanto: multaj (eo)
- Estonian: palju (et)
- Finnish: moni (fi), monta (fi)
- French: beaucoup (fr), nombreux (fr)
- Galician: moitos (gl) m pl, moitas (gl) f pl, muitos (gl) m pl, muitas (gl) f pl
- Georgian: ბევრი (ka) (bevri)
- German: viele (de)
- Greek: πολλοί (el) (polloí) m pl
- Ancient: πολύς (polýs)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: רבים (he) (rabim), הרבה (he) (harbeh)
- Hindi: बहुत (hi) (bahut), बहु (hi) (bahu), अधिक (hi) (adhik), ज़्यादा (hi) (zyādā)
- Hungarian: sok (hu)
- Icelandic: margur (is)
- Ido: multa (io)
- Igbo: ìmìlìkiti
- Indonesian: banyak (id)
- Interlingua: multe (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: a lán (ga), mórán (ga)
- Old Irish: il, imdae
- Italian: molti (it)
- Japanese: 多くの (ja) (おおくの, ōkuno), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi), 沢山 (ja) (たくさん, takusan)
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ច្រើន (km) (craən)
- Korean: 많은 (ko) (manh-eun)
- Kurdish: gelek (ku), گهلێک (ku), زۆر (ku)
- Latin: multi (la)
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- Latvian: daudzi (lv) m pl, daudzas (lv) f pl
- Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: daug (lt), daugelis (lt)
- Lojban: so'i (jbo)
- Low German: (both) männige (nds) pl, (west) männigen (nds) m and n, (west) männigene (nds) f, (east) männigein (nds) m and n, (east) männigeine (nds) f, vęle (nds) pl, vęl (nds)
- Macedonian: многу (mk) (mnógu)
- Malay: banyak (ms), ramai (ms)
- Malayalam: അനേകം (ml) (anēkam)
- Mirandese: muitos m pl, muitas f pl
- Navajo: ląʼí, łą́, łání, tʼóó ahayóí, ahoniiʼyóí (be many)
- Occitan: please add this translation if you can
- Old Norse: margr
- Pashto: ډېر (ps) (ḍer), زيات (ps) (zyât)
- Persian: زیاد (fa) (ziyâd), چندین (fa) (čandin), بسیار (fa) (besiyâr), خیلی (fa) (xeili)
- Polish: wiele (pl)
- Portuguese: muitos (pt) m pl, muitas (pt) f pl
- Romanian: mulți (ro) m pl, multe (ro) f pl
- Russian: много (ru) (mnógo), многие (ru) (mnógije), многий (ru) (mnógij)
- Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu)
- Sardinian: please add this translation if you can
- Scots: mony
- Scottish Gaelic: iomadh (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian: mnogo (sh) pl, много (sh), mnogi (sh), многи (sh)
- Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: mnohý (sk) m, mnohá (sk) f, mnohé (sk) n, mnohí m pl, mnohé f+n/pl, mnoho (sk)
- Slovene: veliko (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wjele
- Spanish: muchos (es) m pl, muchas (es) f pl
- Swahili: wengi (sw)
- Swedish: många (sv)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: చాలా (te) (cālā)
- Thai: ขนัด (th) (khà nàt), มาก (th) (mààk), เยอะ (th) (yūh), รุ่ม (th) (ròòm)
- Turkish: çok (tr), pek çok (tr), birçok (tr)
- Ukrainian: багато (uk) (baháto), чимало (uk) (čymálo)
- Urdu: بہت (ur) (bahut), زیادہ (ur) (zyādā)
- Vietnamese: nhiều (vi)
- Volapük: mödik (vo)
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: llawer (cy)
- West Frisian: please add this translation if you can
- Yiddish: אַ סך (yi) (a sakh)
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Pronoun
many
- 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.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
a collective mass of people
an indefinite large number of people or things
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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...
Etymology 2
From Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”). Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”).
Noun
many (plural manies)
- A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
- A considerable number.
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