Phrase guide

how many

det · pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

pron

Meaning 1

unspecified number

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We've lost quite a few; I don't know exactly how many.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

pron

Meaning 2

what number

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • How many of you have full-time jobs?
  • I've invited three hundred people to my wedding. — You've invited how many?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hū maniġ.

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hoeveel — what number
  • Aklanon: pila — what number
  • Albanian: sa — what number
  • Southern Altai: канча (kanča) — what number
  • Arabic: كَم (kam) — what number
  • Arabic: كم (kam) — what number
  • Arabic: أكم (ʔakam) — what number
  • Arabic: أكم من (ʔakam min) — what number
  • Aramaic: כמא (kmā, kmo) — what number
  • Aramaic: ܟܡܐ (kmā, kmo) — what number
  • Armenian: քանի (kʻani) — what number
  • Asturian: cuántos — what number
  • Asturian: cuántas — what number
  • Australian Kriol: ameni — what number
  • Azerbaijani: neçə — what number
  • Bashkir: нисә (nisə) — what number
  • Bashkir: күпме (küpme) — what number
  • Basque: zenbat — what number
  • Belarusian: ко́лькі (kólʹki) — what number
  • Bhojpuri: केतना (kētənā) — what number
  • Central Bikol: pira — what number
  • Bulgarian: ко́лко (kólko) — what number
  • Burmese: ဘယ်လောက် (bhailauk) — what number
  • Catalan: quants — what number
  • Catalan: quantes — what number
  • Cheyenne: tónesto — what number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾 /几 (gei2) — what number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾多 /几多 (gei2 do1) — what number
  • Chinese: дуәшо (duəšo) — what number
  • Chinese: җи (ji) — what number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多少 (duōshǎo) — what number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾 /几 (jǐ) — what number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾個 /几个 (jǐgè) — what number
  • Chinook Jargon: qhənchi-háyu — what number
  • Chinook Jargon: qhəntsi-háyu — what number
  • Czech: kolik — what number
  • Dakota: tonakeca he? — what number
  • Danish: hvor mange — what number
  • Dutch: hoeveel — what number
  • Esperanto: kiom — what number
  • Estonian: kui mitu — what number
  • Evenki: ады (adi) — what number
  • Faroese: hvussu nógv — what number
  • Finnish: kuinka monta — what number
  • Finnish: montako — what number
  • French: combien — what number
  • Galician: cantos — what number
  • Galician: cantas — what number
  • Georgian: რამდენი (ramdeni) — what number
  • German: wie viele — what number
  • Greek: πόσοι (pósoi) — what number
  • Ancient Greek: πόσοι (pósoi) — what number
  • Hebrew: כַּמָּה (káma) — what number
  • Hindi: कितने (kitne) — what number
  • Hungarian: hány — what number
  • Ido: quanta — what number
  • Indonesian: berapa — what number
  • Ingrian: monta — what number
  • Ingrian: paljo — what number
  • Interlingua: quante — what number
  • Irish: cé mhéad — what number
  • Irish: cá mhéad — what number
  • Italian: quanti — what number
  • Italian: quante — what number
  • Japanese: 幾つ (ikutsu) — what number
  • Japanese: いくつ (ikutsu) — what number
  • Japanese: 何 (nan) — what number
  • Japanese: 幾- (iku-) — what number
  • Javanese: pira — what number
  • Old Javanese: pira — what number
  • Jeju: 멧 (met) — what number
  • Kannada: ಎಷ್ಟು (eṣṭu) — what number
  • Kapampangan: pilan — what number
  • Kazakh: қанша (qanşa) — what number
  • Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (ponmaan) — what number
  • Korean: 몇 (myeot) — what number
  • Korean: 얼마 (eolma) — what number
  • Korean: 얼마나 (eolmana) — what number
  • Central Kurdish: چەن (çen) — what number
  • Northern Kurdish: çend — what number
  • Kyrgyz: канча (kanca) — what number
  • Lao: ຈັກ (chak) — what number
  • Latin: quot — what number
  • Latvian: cik — what number
  • Lithuanian: kiek — what number
  • Macedonian: колку (kolku) — what number
  • Malay: berapa — what number
  • Maltese: kemm — what number
  • Māori: e hia — what number
  • Māori: tokohia — what number
  • Mauritian Creole: komie — what number
  • Mòcheno: biavle — what number
  • Mongolian: хэд (xed) — what number
  • Mongolian: хэдэн (xeden) — what number
  • Nahuatl: kexki — what number
  • Nanai: хадо (hado) — what number
  • Navajo: díkwíí — what number
  • Norman: combein — what number
  • Norman: caombian — what number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor mange — what number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kor mange — what number
  • Occitan: quants — what number
  • Occitan: quantes — what number
  • Ojibwe: aaniin daswi — what number
  • Old English: hū fela — what number
  • Oromo: meeqa — what number
  • Palauan: ngtelang — what number
  • Pashto: څو (tsu) — what number
  • Persian: چند (čand) — what number
  • Persian: چند تا (čand-tâ) — what number
  • Polish: ile — what number
  • Portuguese: quantos — what number
  • Portuguese: quantas — what number
  • Quechua: hayk'a — what number
  • Romanian: câți — what number
  • Romanian: câte — what number
  • Romansh: quants — what number
  • Romansh: quantas — what number
  • Russian: ско́лько (skólʹko) — what number
  • Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud — what number
  • Scottish Gaelic: cò mheud — what number
  • Serbo-Croatian: колико — what number
  • Serbo-Croatian: koliko — what number
  • Sidamo: meʼe — what number
  • Slovak: koľko — what number
  • Slovene: kóliko — what number
  • Somali: meeqa — what number
  • Spanish: cuántos — what number
  • Spanish: cuántas — what number
  • Swahili: -ngapi — what number
  • Swedish: hur många — what number
  • Tagalog: ilan — what number
  • Tagalog: ilang beses — what number
  • Tajik: чанд (čand) — what number
  • Tamil: எத்தனை (ettaṉai) — what number
  • Telugu: ఎంత (enta) — what number
  • Tetum: hira — what number
  • Thai: เท่าไร (tâo-rai) — what number
  • Thai: กี่ (gìi) — what number
  • Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod) — what number
  • Tok Pisin: hamas — what number
  • Turkish: kaç — what number
  • Turkmen: näçe — what number
  • Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky) — what number
  • Ukrainian: кі́лько (kílʹko) — what number
  • Urdu: کِتنے (kitne) — what number
  • Uyghur: نەچچە (nechche) — what number
  • Uyghur: قانچىلىك (qanchilik) — what number
  • Uyghur: قانچە (qanche) — what number
  • Uzbek: qancha — what number
  • Uzbek: necha — what number
  • Vietnamese: mấy — what number
  • Vietnamese: bao nhiêu — what number
  • Volapük: liomödotik — what number
  • Welsh: faint — what number
  • Welsh: sawl — what number
  • Wolof: ñaata — what number
  • Yakut: хас (qas) — what number
  • Yiddish: וויפֿל (vifl) — what number
  • Yoruba: mélòó — what number
  • Yup'ik: qavcin — what number
  • Zhuang: geij — what number
  • Zhuang: geijlai — what number
  • Finnish: montako — unspecified number
  • Finnish: kuinka monta — unspecified number
  • Hungarian: valahány — unspecified number
  • Hungarian: akárhány — unspecified number
  • Hungarian: ahány csak — unspecified number
  • Kapampangan: mapilan — unspecified number
  • Kapampangan: mangamapilan — unspecified number
  • Korean: 몇 (myeot) — unspecified number
  • Tamil: எவ்வளவு (evvaḷavu) — unspecified number
  • Welsh: faint — unspecified number
  • Welsh: sawl un — unspecified number
  • Arabic: كَمْ (kam) — what number
  • Aragonese: quanto — what number
  • Chechen: маса (masa) — what number
  • German: wieviel — what number
  • Hebrew: כמה — what number
  • Higaonon: pila — what number
  • Hungarian: hányan — what number
  • Ingush: масса (massa) — what number
  • Isnag: pixa — what number
  • Italian: quanto — what number
  • Mansaka: pila — what number
  • Maranao: pira — what number
  • Paiwan: pida — what number
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кельо (kelʹo) — what number
  • Portuguese: quanto — what number
  • Russian: сколько (skolʹko) — what number
  • Spanish: cuanto — what number
  • Tausug: pila — what number
  • Tuvan: каш (kaş) — what number
  • Welsh: sawl un — what number
  • Yakut: төһө (töhö) — what number