Much in Different Languages
Discover 'Much' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Much
Afrikaans veel | ||
Albanian shumë | ||
Amharic ብዙ | ||
Arabic كثير | ||
Armenian շատ | ||
Assamese অনেক | ||
Aymara walja | ||
Azerbaijani çox | ||
Bambara caman | ||
Basque askoz ere | ||
Belarusian шмат | ||
Bengali অনেক | ||
Bhojpuri ढेर | ||
Bosnian mnogo | ||
Bulgarian много | ||
Catalan molt | ||
Cebuano daghan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 许多 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 許多 | ||
Corsican assai | ||
Croatian mnogo | ||
Czech hodně | ||
Danish meget | ||
Dhivehi ވަރަށް | ||
Dogri मता | ||
Dutch veel | ||
English much | ||
Esperanto multe | ||
Estonian palju | ||
Ewe sᴐgbᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magkano | ||
Finnish paljon | ||
French beaucoup | ||
Frisian folle | ||
Galician moito | ||
Georgian ბევრი | ||
German viel | ||
Greek πολύ | ||
Guarani heta | ||
Gujarati ઘણું | ||
Haitian Creole anpil | ||
Hausa da yawa | ||
Hawaiian nui loa | ||
Hebrew הַרבֵּה | ||
Hindi बहुत | ||
Hmong ntau | ||
Hungarian sokkal | ||
Icelandic mikið | ||
Igbo ukwuu | ||
Ilocano adu | ||
Indonesian banyak | ||
Irish i bhfad | ||
Italian tanto | ||
Japanese 多く | ||
Javanese akeh | ||
Kannada ಹೆಚ್ಚು | ||
Kazakh көп | ||
Khmer ច្រើន | ||
Kinyarwanda byinshi | ||
Konkani कितले | ||
Korean 많은 | ||
Krio bɔku | ||
Kurdish pir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زیاتر | ||
Kyrgyz көп | ||
Lao ຫຼາຍ | ||
Latin tantum | ||
Latvian daudz | ||
Lingala mingi | ||
Lithuanian daug | ||
Luganda bingi | ||
Luxembourgish vill | ||
Macedonian многу | ||
Maithili ढेर | ||
Malagasy be | ||
Malay banyak | ||
Malayalam വളരെ | ||
Maltese ħafna | ||
Maori nui | ||
Marathi जास्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯌꯥꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo tam | ||
Mongolian их | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အများကြီး | ||
Nepali धेरै | ||
Norwegian mye | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zambiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବହୁତ | ||
Oromo hedduu | ||
Pashto ډیر | ||
Persian بسیار | ||
Polish dużo | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) muito de | ||
Punjabi ਬਹੁਤ | ||
Quechua achka | ||
Romanian mult | ||
Russian много | ||
Samoan tele | ||
Sanskrit अति | ||
Scots Gaelic mòran | ||
Sepedi kudu | ||
Serbian много | ||
Sesotho haholo | ||
Shona zvakawanda | ||
Sindhi تمام گهڻو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බොහෝ | ||
Slovak veľa | ||
Slovenian veliko | ||
Somali badan | ||
Spanish mucho | ||
Sundanese seueur | ||
Swahili mengi | ||
Swedish mycket | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) marami | ||
Tajik хеле | ||
Tamil அதிகம் | ||
Tatar күп | ||
Telugu చాలా | ||
Thai มาก | ||
Tigrinya ብዙሕ | ||
Tsonga tala | ||
Turkish çok | ||
Turkmen köp | ||
Twi (Akan) pii | ||
Ukrainian багато | ||
Urdu زیادہ | ||
Uyghur كۆپ | ||
Uzbek ko'p | ||
Vietnamese nhiều | ||
Welsh llawer | ||
Xhosa kakhulu | ||
Yiddish פיל | ||
Yoruba pọ | ||
Zulu okuningi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Veel" is derived from the Dutch word "veel", meaning "much" or "many", and can also refer to a large quantity or number of something. |
| Albanian | The word "shumë" in Albanian also means "many" or "a lot" depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Amharic | The word "ብዙ" can also mean "many" or "a lot" depending on the context. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "كثير" (katheer) also means "abundant, numerous, or frequent". |
| Armenian | Շատ is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sē-, meaning 'to satiate'. |
| Azerbaijani | "Çox" also means "very" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word “askoz ere” can also mean “more so” or “rather,” depending on the context. |
| Belarusian | "Шмат" also means "piece" or "fabric" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "অনেক" in Bengali also means "many" or "a lot" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "अनेक" (anek) with the same meaning. |
| Bosnian | The word 'mnogo' is derived from Proto-Slavic '*mogno' (much, many), from the Proto-Indo-European '*mehǵ-no-' (great). |
| Bulgarian | The word 'много' can also mean 'many' and derives from the Proto-Slavic word 'mъnogъ'. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "molt" can mean "many" or "very". |
| Cebuano | “Daghan” can also mean “heavy,” which is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *daŋaŋ, meaning “heavy.” |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "多" (duō) in "许多" (xǔduō) is also used in Mandarin to represent the suffix "-fold". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "許多" in Traditional Chinese is a compound word consisting of the characters "多" (duō, meaning "much") and "數" (shù, meaning "number" or "quantity"). |
| Corsican | 'Assai' also means 'rather' and is often used in conjunction with the word 'chì', which means 'than'. |
| Croatian | The word 'mnogo' has several meanings in Croatian, including 'many', 'a lot', and 'very'. |
| Czech | The word "hodně" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *gъdъ, which also means "dense" or "thick" |
| Danish | Meget can also refer to a "meeting" in Danish, derived from Middle Low German. |
| Dutch | "Veel" can also mean "horse" as in "paard en veel" |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "multe" can also mean "many times" or "often." |
| Estonian | The word "palju" also means 'fever' or 'boil' in some dialects of Estonian. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "paljon" is also a variant of the Finnish word for "many", "paljo". |
| French | The French word “beaucoup” ultimately comes from the Latin “bellus campus,” meaning “beautiful field.” |
| Frisian | The word "folle" can also refer to a large amount or quantity. |
| Galician | "Moito" can also mean a lot of people or a group of things. |
| German | Viel also means 'cattle' as its historical root was 'animal'. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, 'πολύ' signified not merely quantity, but also quality ('good', 'noble'). |
| Gujarati | ઘણું is derived from 'ghana' meaning 'crowd', and is cognate with 'gun' meaning 'multitude'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "anpil" also has connotations of abundance, excess, or great quantity. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, there are several nuances to the word "da yawa" such as "abundant," "great quantity," and "very plentiful." |
| Hawaiian | Nui loa ('many') is used to express a very large number or amount, and it can also be used figuratively to mean 'excessive' or 'too much'. |
| Hebrew | The word "הַרבֵּה" derives from the same root as the word "רֶב" meaning "abundance" and is also related to the word "רִבִּי" meaning "many" |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word 'bahu' (बहु) can also mean 'many', 'several', or 'abundant'. |
| Hmong | Ntau can also mean "too much" or "very" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "sokkal" is derived from the Proto-Uralic word "suka", meaning "more". It can also refer to a large amount or quantity of something |
| Icelandic | The word "mikið" is descended from the Proto-Germanic word *mikilaz, meaning "great" or "large". |
| Igbo | Despite its main meaning as "much" or "many," "ukwuu" can also refer to "size" or "importance." |
| Indonesian | In ancient Javanese and Sanskrit, "banyak" meant "many", but in Indonesian it has come to mean "much" or "a lot". |
| Irish | The word 'i bhfad' can be translated as 'to increase' or 'to make abundant'. |
| Italian | The Italian word "tanto" originally derived from the Latin phrase "tantus quantus," meaning "as much as," but later came to mean "a great amount of" or "a lot of." |
| Japanese | The kanji used in 多く (おおく) also means "numerous" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "akeh" also has a sense of "many" or "a lot" and is frequently utilized in various scenarios. |
| Kannada | The word "ಹೆಚ್ಚು" can also mean "more than" or "to exceed" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "көп" can also mean "many" or "numerous". |
| Khmer | The word "ច្រើន" can also mean "many" or "a lot" in Khmer. |
| Korean | "많은" originally meant "full" in Middle Korean and referred to filling an object, space, or time. |
| Kurdish | The word "pir" in Kurdish can also refer to an elder or a holy person, similar to the Persian word "pir". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "көп" in Kyrgyz can also mean "numerous", "many", or "a lot". |
| Lao | The word "ຫຼາຍ" (hâai) also means "many" or "numerous" in Lao and is related to the Thai word "หลาย" (lâai) and the Khmer word "ច្រើន" (chroeun). |
| Latin | The Latin word “tantum” not only means “much” but also can refer to a “sacred mystery” in religious contexts. |
| Latvian | "Daudz" is cognate to the German "tausend" (thousand) and the Russian "тысяча" (also thousand). |
| Lithuanian | The word "daug" can also refer to a large number or quantity of something. |
| Luxembourgish | Vill was also used to express a feeling of surprise or amazement in older Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "многу" comes from Proto-Slavic and also means "very" in other Slavic languages. |
| Malagasy | The word "be" can also be used as a noun to mean "a lot" or "much". |
| Malay | In Iban, "banyak" can also mean "lazy" or "difficult". |
| Malayalam | The word 'വളരെ' can also mean 'gradually' or 'excessively' depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Maltese | Ħafna derives from the Arabic word ḥafna, meaning "a lot" or "very much." |
| Maori | The word "nui" can also mean "great" or "important". |
| Marathi | "जास्त" (much) is derived from the Sanskrit word "यष्ट" (to reach), implying abundance or excess. |
| Mongolian | Их in Mongolian is a contraction of the words 'үг' and 'их', meaning 'word' and 'many', respectively so it means 'many words' |
| Nepali | The word "धेरै" can also mean "very" or "many". |
| Norwegian | The word "mye" can also mean "pain" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In the past, 'zambiri' also meant 'a great distance' or 'a long period'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word “ډیر” may be related to the Sanskrit root for “lengthy”. |
| Persian | The Persian word "بسیار" originally meant "many" but has since acquired the additional meaning of "very". |
| Polish | The Polish word "dużo" also has the alternate definition "many," both as a noun and adjective. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Muito de" is a Portuguese expression used in Portugal to express gratitude.} |
| Punjabi | The word "ਬਹੁਤ" (bahut) comes from the Sanskrit word "bahu" meaning "many" or "much". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word «mult» (meaning «much») is derived from the Latin verb «multāre» (meaning «to punish» or «to fine») and can imply something negative or excessive. |
| Russian | The word "много" can also mean "lot" or "number" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "tele" can also be used to mean "exceedingly". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Mòran" shares a common Celtic root with the Irish word "mór" (great) and the Welsh word "mawr" (large). |
| Serbian | The word "много" can also mean "many" or "a lot" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Haholo also means 'plenty' and can be used to express the idea of 'a lot of' or 'many'. |
| Shona | The word "zvakawanda" can also mean "many" or "a lot" in Shona, depending on the context. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "تمام گهڻو" also means "very much" and "great". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "බොහෝ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "बहु" meaning "many" or "great". |
| Slovak | The word "veľa" in Slovak can also mean "quantity" and "amount"} |
| Slovenian | The word 'veliko' is also used to intensify other adjectives, e.g. 'velik uspeh' (great success). |
| Somali | The word "badan" can also mean "a lot" or "many" in Somali. |
| Spanish | Mucho translates to "much" or "a lot" but also can mean "too much" or "very." |
| Sundanese | "Seueur" can also mean "a lot" or "very much." |
| Swahili | The word "mengi" can also refer to a large quantity or number, or to a great deal of something. |
| Swedish | The word "mycket" also means "nice" or "good" in Swedish colloquial speech |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "marami" in Tagalog (Filipino) comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *ma*ra?mi, meaning "more than" or "abundant." |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "хеле" can also refer to "excessive" or "too much." |
| Tamil | The word "அதிகம்" is also used to refer to "abundance" or "excess" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "చాలా" can also mean "many," "very," or "a lot." |
| Thai | "มาก" comes from the Khmer word "มัก" (mok), which means "many" or "abundance." |
| Turkish | Çok may also mean "very" or "too much" and is cognate with the Persian word "çok". |
| Ukrainian | The term 'багато' in Ukrainian may also derive from the Proto-Slavic root 'bogъ' ('god'), implying abundance or plenty. |
| Urdu | The word 'زیادہ' ('much') is derived from the Arabic word 'زائد', which means 'exceeding' or 'in excess'. |
| Uzbek | Originally, “ko‘p” meant “crowd,” “quantity” or “abundance,” and was only used in the plural form. |
| Vietnamese | "Nhiều" (much) is derived from an ancient Austroasiatic root meaning "more than one," and is related to the word "nhị" (two). |
| Welsh | Llawer is also the name of a legendary figure in Welsh mythology, a giant who was said to have been slain by King Arthur. |
| Xhosa | In the Xhosa language, "kakhulu" means "much" in addition to being derived from the word "khulu" meaning "big". |
| Yiddish | The word "פיל" (pronounced "feel") does not actually mean "much" in Yiddish, but rather "elephant". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "pọ" can also refer to a crowd of people or a period of time. |
| Zulu | The word 'okuningi' is also used in Zulu to refer to a large number of people or things gathered together in one place. |
| English | The word "much" derives from the Old English word "mycel," meaning "great" and "large." |