a lot

See also: alot and allot

English

Alternative forms

• alot (nonstandard or misspelling)

Etymology

See lot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈ lɒt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈ lɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophone: allot

Pronoun

a lot

1. A large amount.

   I have a lot of things to say.

2. Many things, much.

   A lot depends on whether your parents agree.

Translations

a large amount

• Albanian: shumë (sq)
• Arabic: كَثِير‎ (ar) (kaṯīr)

  Egyptian Arabic: كتير‎ (kitīr)

  Hijazi Arabic: كثير‎ (katīr, kaṯīr), كَتير‎ (katīr)

• Azerbaijani: çox (az)
• Bashkir: күп (küp), байтаҡ (baytaq)
• Belarusian: мно́га (mnóha), шмат (be) (šmat), бага́та (be) (baháta)
• Bengali: অনেক (bn) (onek), বহু (bohu)
• Bulgarian: мно́го (bg) (mnógo)
• Burmese: များ (my) (mya:)
• Catalan: molt (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏥᏈᏍᏗ (tsiquisdi)
• Chickasaw: lawa, i̠lawa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 好多 (hou² do¹), 大把 (daai⁶ baa²)

  Mandarin: 很多 (zh) (hěn duō), 多 (zh) (duō)

• Czech: spousta (cs) f, fůra (cs) f
• Dutch: veel (nl)
• Esperanto: multa (eo),multe da
• Estonian: palju (et)
• Finnish: paljon (fi)
• French: beaucoup (fr)
• Galician: lote (gl), mundo (gl) m, feixe (gl) m, morea (gl) f, ben de
• Georgian: ბევრი (bevri), დიდძალი (didʒali)
• German: viel (de)
• Greek: (uncountably):πολλά (el) (pollá), (countably):πολύ (el) (polý)

  Ancient: πλῆθος n (plêthos)

• Hebrew: הַרבֵּה‎ (he) (harbé)
• Hindi: अधिक (hi) (adhik), बहुत (hi) (bahut)
• Hungarian: sok (hu), egy csomó, egy rakat, számos (hu), rengeteg (hu)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: mórán m, neart m, a lán
• Italian: molto (it), grande (it)
• Jamaican Creole: a bag a, a crocus bag a
• Japanese: 沢山 (ja) (たくさん, takusan), 多くの (ja) (おおくの, ōku no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi)
• Jingpho: law
• Kazakh: көп (kk) (köp)
• Khmer: ច្រើន (km) (craən)
• Korean: 많은 (ko) (maneun), 많이 (ko) (mani)
• Kyrgyz: көп (ky) (köp)
• Lao: ຫຼາຍ (lāi)
• Latin: multus (la)
• Latvian: daudz
• Lithuanian: daug (lt)
• Macedonian: многу (mk) (mnogu)
• Malay: banyak (ms)
• Manx: mooarane m
• Mongolian: олон (mn) (olon)
• Navajo: díí óolyé dooląął, tʼóó báhádzigo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: massevis

  Nynorsk: massevis

• Persian: مقدار زیاد‎ (meqdâre ziyâd), زیاد‎ (fa) (ziyâd), بسیار‎ (fa) (besiyâr)
• Plautdietsch: väl
• Polish: wiele (pl), dużo (pl)
• Portuguese: muito (pt), bastante (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਬਥੇਰਾ m (batherā), ਬਥੇਰੀ f (batherī), ਬਥੇਰੇ pl (bathere)

  Shahmukhi: بَتھیرا‎ m (batherā), بَتھیرِی‎ f (batherī), بَتھیرے‎ pl (bathere)

• Russian: мно́го (ru) (mnógo), нема́ло (ru) (nemálo), мно́гие (ru) pl (mnógije) (countable, also)
• Rusyn: мно́го (mnóho), ве́лё (véljo)
• Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu), अधिकम् (sa) (adhikam)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мно̏гӣ, мно̏го

  Roman: mnȍgī (sh), mnȍgo (sh)

• Sinhalese: බොහෝ (bohō)
• Slovak: veľa, mnoho
• Slovene: veliko (sl), mnogo
• Spanish: un montón (es) m (colloquial, countable)
• Swahili: sana
• Swedish: mycket (sv) (uncountable), många (sv) (countable), en hel del (sv) (either)
• Tajik: бисёр (tg) (bisyor), хеле (tg) (xele)
• Tamil: நிறைய (ta) (niṟaiya)
• Thai: หลาย (th) (lǎai)
• Turkish: çok (tr)
• Turkmen: köp
• Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto), чима́ло (čymálo)
• Urdu: بہت‎ (bahut)
• Uzbek: koʻp (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhiều (vi), lắm (vi)
• Yiddish: פֿיל‎ (fil)
• Zhuang: haujlai, lai

many things

• Albanian: shumë (sq)
• Azerbaijani: çox şey
• Catalan: molt (ca)
• Chickasaw: lawa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 好多 (hou² do¹)

• Czech: hodně (cs), mnoho (cs)
• Dutch: veel (nl)
• Esperanto: multa (eo),multe da
• Finnish: paljon (fi)
• German: vieles (de) n
• Hungarian: sok minden, sok (hu)
• Irish: a lán
• Latin: multi
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Plautdietsch: väl
• Portuguese: bastante (pt), muito (pt)
• Romanian: mult (ro)
• Russian: мно́гое (ru) (mnógoje)
• Spanish: mucho (es)
• Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto)

Adverb

a lot (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
   • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:

     Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

   Thanks a lot for listening to me.

   It's a lot harder than it looks.

2. (informal) Often; frequently.

   I go swimming a lot.

Synonyms

• loads, tons, immensely

Related terms

• alot
• lots

 

Translations

very much

• Albanian: shumë (sq)
• Arabic: كَثِيرًا‎ (kaṯīran)

  Egyptian Arabic: قوي‎

  Gulf Arabic: وايد‎

• Armenian: շատ (hy) (šat)
• Belarusian: шмат (be) (šmat), мно́га (mnóha)
• Catalan: molt (ca)
• Cebuano: kaayu
• Chickasaw: lawa
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 許多／许多 (zh) (xǔduō), 多 (zh) (duō)

• Czech: velmi mnoho, moc (cs)
• Danish: meget (da)
• Dutch: veel (nl)
• Esperanto: multe (eo)
• Finnish: paljon (fi), hyvin paljon
• French: beaucoup (fr)
• Gallo: brav'ment
• German: viel (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σφόδρα (sphódra)

• Haitian Creole: anpil
• Hebrew: הרבה‎ (he) (harbe)
• Hindi: बहुत सारा (bahut sārā)
• Hungarian: nagyon (hu), (with comparative degree) sokkal (hu), jóval, sokkalta
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: molto (it)
• Japanese: 沢山の (ja) (たくさんの, takusan no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ooi)
• Khmer: ច្រើន (km) (craən)
• Korean: 많은 (ko) (maneun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زۆر‎ (ckb) (zor)

• Lao: ຫລາຍ (lāi)
• Latin: multō (la), multum (la), tot m or m pl or f or f pl or n or n pl
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: мно́гу (mk) (mnógu)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: assaje m
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: mange (no)
• Ojibwe: naaniibowa
• Old French: molt, mult, mout
• Persian: زیاد‎ (fa) (ziyâd), خیلی زیاد‎ (xeyli ziyâd)
• Polish: mnóstwo (pl), wiele (pl), dużo (pl)
• Portuguese: um monte, muito (pt), muita (pt)
• Russian: мно́го (ru) (mnógo)
• Scottish Gaelic: mòran
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Shor: кӧп (köp)
• Slovak: mnoho
• Southern Thai: จังหู้
• Spanish: mucho (es), un montón (es) (colloquial), una barbaridad (colloquial), cosa mala (colloquial)
• Swahili: mengi (sw)
• Swedish: mycket (sv), en hel del (sv)
• Thai: มาก (th) (mâak)
• Tocharian B: māka
• Turkish: çok (tr), bir sürü (tr), bir ton
• Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto)
• Vietnamese: nhiều (vi), lắm (vi)
• Volapük: mödo (vo)
• Welsh: llawer
• Wolof: lool (wo)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

often

• Arabic: كَثِيرًا‎ (kaṯīran)
• Armenian: հաճախ (hy) (hačax)
• Catalan: sovint (ca), freqüentment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常常 (zh) (chángcháng), 經常／经常 (zh) (jīngcháng), 時常／时常 (zh) (shícháng)

• Czech: často (cs)
• Dutch: vaak (nl), veel (nl)
• Esperanto: ofte (eo)
• Finnish: usein (fi)
• French: souvent (fr)
• German: oft (de)
• Hungarian: gyakran (hu), sokat (hu), sokszor (hu), gyakorta (hu)
• Italian: spesso (it)
• Japanese: よく (ja) (yoku), 度々 (たびたび, tabitabi), しばしば (ja) (shiba shiba)
• Korean: 자주 (ko) (jaju)
• Latin: saepe (la)
• Macedonian: многупати (mnogupati), често (često)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: assaje m
• Norwegian: ofte (no)
• Polish: często (pl)
• Portuguese: muito (pt), bastante (pt)
• Russian: ча́сто (ru) (částo)
• Spanish: frecuentemente (es)
• Swedish: ofta (sv)
• Turkish: çok sık, çok (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} daug (lt)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} มาก (th) (maak)

References

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Anagrams

• ATOL, Alto, Toal, alto, alto-, atlo-, lota, talo-, tola