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See also mickle, muckle.\ncognates\nCognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel (\"great, many, much\"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).\nNote that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.", "forms": [ { "form": "more", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "determiner", "3": "comparative", "4": "more", "5": "superlative", "6": "most" }, "expansion": "much (comparative more, superlative most)", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "det", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "how much" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "too much" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Hurry! We don't have much time!", "type": "example" }, { "text": "They set about the task with much enthusiasm.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:", "text": "As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2011 February 24, “Wisconsin and wider”, in The Economist:", "text": "Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A large amount of." ], "id": "en-much-en-det-8VTM41Fz", "translations": [ { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "shumë" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "Claw5@TipFinger-Claw5@CenterChesthigh Claw5@SideChesthigh-Claw5@SideChesthigh", "sense": "a large amount of" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "kaṯīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "كَثِير" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "arz", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "kitīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Egyptian-Arabic" ], "word": "كتير" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "katīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic" ], "word": "كثير" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "šat", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "շատ" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multu" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "çox" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "mnóha", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́га" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "šmat", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "шмат" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "baháta", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "бага́та" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "onek", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "অনেক" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "bohu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "বহু" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "mnógo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́го" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "mya:", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "များ" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "molt" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "lawa" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "i̠lawa" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "duō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "hěnduō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "很多" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "hǎoduō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "好多" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnoho" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "meget" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veel" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multa" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "palju" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "paljon" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "beaucoup" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "moito" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "bevri", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ბევრი" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "viel" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "manags", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "polús", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "πολύς" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "harbé", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "הַרבֵּה" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "adhik", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "अधिक" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bahut", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "बहुत" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "hit", "lang": "Hittite", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mekki" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "sok" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mikill" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multa" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "oke" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "banyak" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "paljo" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "moni" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "äijä" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ussia" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "isost" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "a lán" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mórán" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "molto" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "alt": "たくさん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "takusan", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "沢山" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "alt": "おおくの", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ōku no", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多くの" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "alt": "おおい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ōi", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多い" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "jv", "lang": "Javanese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "okeh" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "köp", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "көп" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "craən", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ច្រើន" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "maneun", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "많은" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "mani", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "많이" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "köp", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "көп" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lāi", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ຫຼາຍ" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ltg", "lang": "Latgalian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daudzi" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multus" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daudz" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daug" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "mnógu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́гу" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "banyak" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "monney" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "olon", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "олон" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "açan" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "nu sacco" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mye" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mykje" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "çok", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "چوك" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "küllî mikdâr", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "كلی مقدار" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "ḍer", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ډېر" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "besiyâr", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "بسیار" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "myp", "lang": "Pirahã", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "xapagí" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "väl" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "dużo" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "wiele" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "muito" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "um monte de" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mult" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "bler" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "mnógo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́го" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nemálo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "нема́ло" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "bahu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "बहु" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "adhikam", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "अधिकम्" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "muckle" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mickle" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "пуно" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "мно̏гӣ" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "мно̏го" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "puno" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mnȍgī" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mnȍgo" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "bohō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "බොහෝ" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veľa" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnoho" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veliko" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnogo" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mucho" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mycket" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "mycken" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "bisyor", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "бисёр" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "xele", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "хеле" }, { "_dis1": "95 4 1 0", "code": 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"roman": "kaṯīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "كَثِير" }, { "code": "arz", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "kitīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Egyptian-Arabic" ], "word": "كتير" }, { "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "katīr", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic" ], "word": "كثير" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "šat", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "շատ" }, { "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multu" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "çox" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "mnóha", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́га" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "šmat", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "шмат" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "baháta", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "бага́та" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "onek", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "অনেক" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "bohu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "বহু" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "mnógo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́го" }, { "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "mya:", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "များ" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "molt" }, { "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "lawa" }, { "code": "cic", "lang": "Chickasaw", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "i̠lawa" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "duō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "hěnduō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "很多" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "hǎoduō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "好多" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnoho" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "meget" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veel" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multa" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "palju" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "paljon" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "beaucoup" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "moito" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "bevri", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ბევრი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "viel" }, { "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "manags", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "polús", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "πολύς" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "harbé", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "הַרבֵּה" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "adhik", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "अधिक" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bahut", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "बहुत" }, { "code": "hit", "lang": "Hittite", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mekki" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "sok" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mikill" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multa" }, { "code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "oke" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "banyak" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "paljo" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "moni" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "äijä" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ussia" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "isost" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "a lán" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mórán" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "molto" }, { "alt": "たくさん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "takusan", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "沢山" }, { "alt": "おおくの", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ōku no", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多くの" }, { "alt": "おおい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ōi", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "多い" }, { "code": "jv", "lang": "Javanese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "okeh" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "köp", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "көп" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "craən", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ច្រើន" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "maneun", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "많은" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "mani", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "많이" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "köp", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "көп" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lāi", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "ຫຼາຍ" }, { "code": "ltg", "lang": "Latgalian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daudzi" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "multus" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daudz" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "daug" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "mnógu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́гу" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "a 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"بسیار" }, { "code": "myp", "lang": "Pirahã", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "xapagí" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "väl" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "dużo" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "wiele" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "muito" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "um monte de" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mult" }, { "code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "bler" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "mnógo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "мно́го" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nemálo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "нема́ло" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "bahu", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "बहु" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "adhikam", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "अधिकम्" }, { "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "muckle" }, { "code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mickle" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "пуно" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "мно̏гӣ" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "мно̏го" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "puno" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mnȍgī" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "mnȍgo" }, { "code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "bohō", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "බොහෝ" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veľa" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnoho" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "veliko" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mnogo" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mucho" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "mycket" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "a large amount of", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "mycken" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "bisyor", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "бисёр" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "xele", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "хеле" }, { "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "niṟaiya", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "நிறைய" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "mâak", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "มาก" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lǎai", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "หลาย" }, { "code": "xto", "lang": "Tocharian A", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "māk" }, { "code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "māka" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "çok" }, { "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "köp" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "baháto", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "бага́то" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "čymálo", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "чима́ло" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "bahut", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "بہت" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "koʻp" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "nhiều" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "a sakh", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "אַ סך" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "fil", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "פֿיל" }, { "code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "bol (diq)" }, { "code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "zaf (diq)" }, { "code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "haujlai" }, { "code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "a large amount of", "word": "lai" } ], "word": "much" } { "categories": [ "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts", "English adjectives", "English adverbs", "English degree adverbs", "English determiners", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English pronouns", "English suppletive adjectives", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived 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"name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "gmh", "2": "michel" }, "expansion": "Middle High German michel", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "michel", "3": "", "4": "great, big, large" }, "expansion": "German michel (“great, big, large”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "\"great, many, much\"; > German <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"de\">michel</i> (“great, big, large”)" }, "expansion": "(\"great, many, much\"; > German michel (“great, big, large”))", "name": "gloss" }, { "args": { "1": "nb", "2": "mye", "3": "", "4": "much" }, "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "mykje", "3": "", "4": "much" }, "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "mycket", "3": "", "4": "much" }, "expansion": "Swedish mycket (“much”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "meget", "3": "", "4": "much" }, "expansion": "Danish meget (“much”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "got", "2": 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See also mickle, muckle.\ncognates\nCognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel (\"great, many, much\"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).\nNote that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. 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