Many

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Etymology

From Old English maniġ, moniġ, from Proto-Germanic *manago- from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰo-. Cognates include West Frisian [[mannich#Template:Fy|mannich]], Dutch menig, German manch; and Russian [[многий#Template:Ru|многий]] (mnógij), Scottish Gaelic minig.

Pronunciation

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

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  Rhymes: -ɛni

• (IE) IPA: /ˈmæni/, SAMPA: /"m{ni/
• Hyphenation: man‧y

Determiner

Many (Template:Compar more, Template:Superl 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.

Antonyms

• few

Derived terms

• how many
• many a
• so many

Translations

an indefinite large number of

American Sign Language: [[S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp 5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp#Template:Ase|S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp 5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp]] Arabic: كثير ar(ar) (kaθīr) Egyptian: كتير (kitīr) Armenian: շատ hy(hy) (šat), բազում hy(hy) (bazum) Bulgarian: много bg(bg) (mnógo) Catalan: molt Chinese: 很多 (hěnduō) Czech: mnoho cs(cs) Danish: mange da(da) Dutch: veel nl(nl), vele nl(nl) Esperanto: multaj Finnish: moni fi(fi), monta fi(fi) French: beaucoup fr(fr), nombreux fr(fr) German: viele de(de) Greek: πολλοί m. pl. (polloí) Ancient: πολύς (polýs) Hebrew: רבים (rabim), הרבה (harbeh) Hindi: बहुत (bahut), बहु (bahu) Hungarian: sok hu(hu) Icelandic: margur is(is) Ido: multa Irish: a lán ga(ga), mórán ga(ga) Italian: molti it(it) Japanese: 多くの (おおくの, ōkuno), 多い (おおい, ōi), 沢山 (たくさん, takusan)

Korean: 많은 (manh-eun) Kurdish: gelek, گه‌لێک, زۆر Latin: multi la(la) Macedonian: многу mk(mk) (mnógu) Malayalam: അനേകം (anEkam) Navajo: lą'í, łą́, łání, t'óó ahayóí, ahonii'yóí (be many) Old Irish: [[il#Template:Sga|il]], [[imdae#Template:Sga|imdae]] Old Norse: margr Persian: زیاد (ziād), چَندین (čændin) Polish: wiele pl(pl) Portuguese: muitos pt(pt) Romanian: mulţi ro(ro) m. pl., multe ro(ro) f. pl. Russian: много ru(ru) (mnógo), многие ru(ru) (mnógije), многий ru(ru) (mnógij) Sanskrit: बहु (bahu) Scots: mony Scottish Gaelic: iomadh gd(gd) Slovak: mnohý m., mnohá, f., mnohé n., mnohí m. pl., mnohé f+n/pl Spanish: muchos es(es) m. pl., muchas es(es) f. pl. Swahili: wengi sw(sw) Swedish: många sv(sv) Telugu: చాలా (chaalaa) Thai: ขนัด (khà nàt), มาก (mààk), เยอะ (yūh), รุ่ม (ròòm) Turkish: çok tr(tr) Welsh: llawer cy(cy) Yiddish: אַ סך (a sakh)

a collective mass of people

Esperanto: multaj Finnish: monet fi(fi) pl. Macedonian: мноштво mk(mk) (mnóštvo) n., многумина mk(mk) (mnogúmina)

Romanian: mulţime f. Russian: многие ru(ru) (mnógije) pl., многое ru(ru) (mnógoje) n. Swahili: wengi sw(sw)

an indefinite large number of people or things

Dutch: velen nl(nl) Esperanto: multaj Finnish: monet fi(fi) pl. Macedonian: многумина mk(mk) (mnogúmina)

Russian: многие ru(ru) (mnógije) pl. Spanish: muchos es(es) m. pl. Swahili: wengi sw(sw)

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Arabic: كَثِيرٌ (kaθīr)، متعدد

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...

Anagrams

• amny,
• myna