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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Determiner 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Quotations 1.3.5 Translations

[ English

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[ Etymology

Old English maniġ, moniġ, from Germanic *manago-, from Indo-European *monogʰo-. Cognate with West Frisian mannich, Dutch menig, German manch; and with Russian многий, Scottish Gaelic minig.

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɛnɪ/, SAMPA: /"mEnI/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛni/, SAMPA: /"mEni/
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  Rhymes: -ɛni

• Hyphenation: man·y

[ Determiner

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

2. 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.

3. An indefinite large number of people or things.

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

[ Derived terms

• how many
• many a
• so many

[ Translations

an indefinite large number of

Arabic, Egyptian: كتير (kitīr) Bulgarian: много (mnógo) Catalan: molt Chinese: 很多 (hěnduō) Czech: mnoho Danish: mange Dutch: veel, vele Esperanto: multaj Finnish: moni ^, monta ^ French: beaucoup, nombreux German: viele Greek: πολλοί m. pl. (polloí) Ancient: πολύς (polýs) Hebrew: רבים (rabim), הרבה (harbeh) Hindi: बहुत (bahut), बहु (bahu) 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 (manh-eun) Kurdish: gelek, گه‌لێک, زۆر Latin: multi Malayalam: അനേകം (anEkam) Navajo: lą'í, łą́, łání, t'óó ahayóí, ahonii'yóí (be many) Persian: زیاد (ziād), چَندین (čændin) Polish: wiele Portuguese: muitos Romanian: mulţi m. pl., multe f. pl. Russian: много (mnógo), многие (mnógije), многий (mnógij) Sanskit: बहु (bahu) Scots: mony Slovak: mnohý m., mnohá, f., mnohé n., mnohí m. pl., mnohé f+n/pl Spanish: muchos m. pl.', muchas f. pl. Swedish: många Telugu: చాలా (chaalaa) Thai: ขนัด (khà nàt), มาก (mààk), เยอะ (yūh), รุ่ม (ròòm) Turkish: çok Yiddish: אַ סך

[ Translations

a collective mass of people

Esperanto: multaj Finnish: monet (^)

Romanian: mulţime f. Russian: многие (mnógije) pl., многое (mnógoje) n.

[ Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of thee 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...

[ Translations

an indefinite large number of people or things

Dutch: velen Esperanto: multaj

Russian: многие (mnógije) pl. Spanish: muchos m. pl.