"too many" meaning in English

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Determiner

Audio: En-uk-too many.ogg [UK]
Head templates: {{head|en|determiner}} too many
  1. Excessive (used with countable nouns). Related terms: too many cooks spoil the broth, too much (alt: for uncountable), one too many Translations (excessive): demasiao (Asturian), massa (Catalan), troa (Esperanto), trop de (French), zu viel (German), túl sok (Hungarian), ainiomad [masculine] (Irish), iomarca [feminine] (Irish), troppo (Italian), тым көп (tym köp) (Kazakh), demasiado (Portuguese), prea mulți [masculine, plural] (Romanian), prea multe [feminine, plural] (Romanian), demasiado (Spanish), gormod (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-too_many-en-det-PoKB3bCK Categories (other): English determiners, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes

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      "sense": "excessive",
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