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how much

adv · det · intj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

To what degree; to what extent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative

Examples

  • How much do you like me?
  • It's a real bargain, considering both its price and how much in need of one we are.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative

Examples

  • How much (cheese) is left in the fridge? - This is how much we've got left.
  • How much of a problem will that cause the government?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

det

Meaning 3

What amount of money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically

Qualifier: when referring to the cost of an item

Examples

  • How much do you want for it?
  • How much is it?
  • How much is it worth?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

intj

Meaning 4

you what? huh?

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, obsolete, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

254 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: hoezeer — to what degree, to what extent
  • Finnish: paljonko — to what degree, to what extent
  • Finnish: kuinka paljon — to what degree, to what extent
  • Georgian: რამდენად (ramdenad) — to what degree, to what extent
  • German: wie sehr — to what degree, to what extent
  • Hungarian: mennyire? — to what degree, to what extent
  • Polish: jak bardzo — to what degree, to what extent
  • Romanian: cât de mult — to what degree, to what extent
  • Russian: сколько (skolʹko) — to what degree, to what extent
  • Spanish: cuánto — to what degree, to what extent
  • Spanish: lo mucho — to what degree, to what extent
  • Welsh: faint — to what degree, to what extent
  • Abkhaz: заҟа (zaqʼa) — what quantity
  • Afrikaans: hoeveel — what quantity
  • Albanian: sa — what quantity
  • Southern Altai: канча (kanča) — what quantity
  • Arabic: كَمْ (kam) — what quantity
  • Algerian Arabic: شحال (šḥāl) — what quantity
  • Arabic: كام (kām) — what quantity
  • Arabic: قد إيه (ʔaddē) — what quantity
  • Iraqi Arabic: شگد (šgadd) — what quantity
  • Arabic: شحال (šḥāl) — what quantity
  • Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš) — what quantity
  • Arabic: قدي (ʔaddē) — what quantity
  • Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš) — what quantity
  • Aramaic: כמא (kmā, kmo) — what quantity
  • Aramaic: ܟܡܐ (kmā, kmo) — what quantity
  • Armenian: որքան (orkʻan) — what quantity
  • Armenian: ինչքան (inčʻkʻan) — what quantity
  • Aromanian: cãt — what quantity
  • Asturian: cuántu — what quantity
  • Australian Kriol: amaj — what quantity
  • Azerbaijani: neçə — what quantity
  • Azerbaijani: nə qədər — what quantity
  • Bashkir: күпме (küpme) — what quantity
  • Basque: zenbat — what quantity
  • Belarusian: ко́лькі (kólʹki) — what quantity
  • Bengali: কত (kot) — what quantity
  • Central Bikol: gurano — what quantity
  • Bulgarian: ко́лко (kólko) — what quantity
  • Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (manyrwe.manyhmya.) — what quantity
  • Burmese: ဘယ်နှ (bhaihna.) — what quantity
  • Burmese: ဘယ်လောက် (bhailauk) — what quantity
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko) — what quantity
  • Catalan: quant — what quantity
  • Chamicuro: netna — what quantity
  • Chechen: мел (mel) — what quantity
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾多 /几多 (gei2 do1) — what quantity
  • Chinese: дуәшо (duəšo) — what quantity
  • Chinese: җи (ji) — what quantity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多少 (duōshao) — what quantity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾 /几 (jǐ) — what quantity
  • Wu Chinese: 多少 (1tu-sau) — what quantity
  • Chuvash: мӗн чухлӗ (mĕn č̬uhlĕ) — what quantity
  • Czech: kolik — what quantity
  • Dalmatian: cont — what quantity
  • Danish: hvor meget — what quantity
  • Dutch: hoeveel — what quantity
  • Erzya: зяро (źaro) — what quantity
  • Erzya: зняро (zńaro) — what quantity
  • Erzya: мезяро (meźaro) — what quantity
  • Erzya: мияро (mijaro) — what quantity
  • Esperanto: kiom — what quantity
  • Estonian: kui palju — what quantity
  • Finnish: paljonko — what quantity
  • Finnish: kuinka paljon — what quantity
  • French: combien — what quantity
  • Friulian: cetant — what quantity
  • Galician: canto — what quantity
  • Georgian: რამდენი (ramdeni) — what quantity
  • German: wie viel — what quantity
  • Greek: πόσος (pósos) — what quantity
  • Greek: πόση (pósi) — what quantity
  • Greek: πόσο (póso) — what quantity
  • Ancient Greek: πόσος (pósos) — what quantity
  • Ancient Greek: πόση (pósē) — what quantity
  • Ancient Greek: πόσον (póson) — what quantity
  • Hebrew: כַּמָּה (káma) — what quantity
  • Hiligaynon: pila — what quantity
  • Hindi: कितना (kitnā) — what quantity
  • Hungarian: mennyi — what quantity
  • Icelandic: hversu mikið — what quantity
  • Ido: quanta — what quantity
  • Indonesian: berapa — what quantity
  • Ingush: мел (mel) — what quantity
  • Irish: cé mhéad — what quantity
  • Irish: cá mhéad — what quantity
  • Italian: quanto — what quantity
  • Italian: quanta — what quantity
  • Japanese: 幾ら (ikura) — what quantity
  • Japanese: いくら (ikura) — what quantity
  • Japanese: 何ぼ (nanbo) — what quantity
  • Kannada: ಎಷ್ಟು (eṣṭu) — what quantity
  • Kapampangan: pakananu — what quantity
  • Kazakh: қанша (qanşa) — what quantity
  • Kazakh: неше (neşe) — what quantity
  • Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (ponmaan) — what quantity
  • Korean: 얼마나 (eolmana) — what quantity
  • Korean: 얼마 (eolma) — what quantity
  • Northern Kurdish: çend — what quantity
  • Kyrgyz: канча (kanca) — what quantity
  • Kyrgyz: нече (nece) — what quantity
  • Lao: ເທົ່າໃດ (thao dai) — what quantity
  • Lao: ຈັກ (chak) — what quantity
  • Lao: ປານໃດ (pān dai) — what quantity
  • Lao: ພຽງໃດ (phīang dai) — what quantity
  • Lao: ສັກທໍ່ໃດ (sak thǭ dai) — what quantity
  • Lao: ຮາວໃດ (hāo dai) — what quantity
  • Lao: ຮາວ (hāo) — what quantity
  • Latgalian: kai — what quantity
  • Latin: quantus — what quantity
  • Latvian: cik — what quantity
  • Lithuanian: kiek — what quantity
  • Macedonian: ко́лку (kólku) — what quantity
  • Malay: berapa — what quantity
  • Malayalam: എത്ര (etra) — what quantity
  • Maltese: kemm — what quantity
  • Mauritian Creole: komie — what quantity
  • Mòcheno: biavle — what quantity
  • Mongolian: хэдэн (xeden) — what quantity
  • Navajo: díkwíí? — what quantity
  • Norman: combein — what quantity
  • Norman: caombian — what quantity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor mye — what quantity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kor mykje — what quantity
  • Ojibwe: aaniin minik — what quantity
  • Old East Slavic: колико (koliko) — what quantity
  • Old English: hū miċel — what quantity
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кельо (kelʹo) — what quantity
  • Persian: چِقَدر (čeqadr) — what quantity
  • Persian: چَند (čand) — what quantity
  • Polish: ile — what quantity
  • Portuguese: quanto — what quantity
  • Portuguese: quanta — what quantity
  • Quechua: hayk'a — what quantity
  • Romanian: cât — what quantity
  • Romansh: quant — what quantity
  • Romansh: quanta — what quantity
  • Romansh: con — what quantity
  • Romansh: quànt — what quantity
  • Romansh: quaunt — what quantity
  • Russian: ско́лько (skólʹko) — what quantity
  • Sardinian: cantu — what quantity
  • Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud — what quantity
  • Serbo-Croatian: колѝко — what quantity
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolìko — what quantity
  • Sicilian: quantu — what quantity
  • Slovak: koľko — what quantity
  • Slovene: kóliko — what quantity
  • Spanish: cuánto — what quantity
  • Swahili: kiasi gani — what quantity
  • Swedish: hur mycket — what quantity
  • Tagalog: gaano — what quantity
  • Tajik: чӣ қадар (či qadar) — what quantity
  • Tamil: எவ்வளவு (evvaḷavu) — what quantity
  • Telugu: ఎంత (enta) — what quantity
  • Thai: เท่าไร (tâo-rai) — what quantity
  • Thai: กี่ (gìi) — what quantity
  • Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod) — what quantity
  • Tok Pisin: hamas — what quantity
  • Turkish: ne kadar — what quantity
  • Turkmen: näçe — what quantity
  • Turkmen: näden — what quantity
  • Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky) — what quantity
  • Urdu: کِتْنا (kitnā) — what quantity
  • Uyghur: قانچە (qanche) — what quantity
  • Uzbek: qancha — what quantity
  • Venetan: cuanto — what quantity
  • Venetan: cuant — what quantity
  • Vietnamese: mấy — what quantity
  • Vietnamese: bao nhiêu — what quantity
  • Welsh: faint — what quantity
  • Wolof: ñaata — what quantity
  • Yakut: хас (qas) — what quantity
  • Yiddish: וויפֿל (vifl) — what quantity
  • Yup'ik: qavcin — what quantity
  • Zazaki: çenday — what quantity
  • Afrikaans: hoeveel — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: بِكَم (bikam) — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hāḏā?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: بكام (bikām) — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš) — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: قدي (ʔaddē) — what is the cost/price?
  • Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš) — what is the cost/price?
  • Azerbaijani: neçəyədir — what is the cost/price?
  • Belarusian: ко́лькі гэ́та кашту́е (kólʹki héta kaštúje) — what is the cost/price?
  • Central Bikol: mamira — what is the cost/price?
  • Central Bikol: manggurano — what is the cost/price?
  • Breton: pegement — what is the cost/price?
  • Bulgarian: ко́лко е (kólko e) — what is the cost/price?
  • Bulgarian: ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva) — what is the cost/price?
  • Burmese: ဘယ်လောက်လဲ (bhailauklai:) — what is the cost/price?
  • Catalan: quant — what is the cost/price?
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幾錢? /几钱? — what is the cost/price?
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多少錢? /多少钱? (duōshao qián?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Czech: kolik to stojí? — what is the cost/price?
  • Dutch: hoeveel — what is the cost/price?
  • Finnish: paljonko se maksaa? — what is the cost/price?
  • Finnish: mitä se maksaa? — what is the cost/price?
  • Finnish: paljonko? — what is the cost/price?
  • French: c'est combien — what is the cost/price?
  • Galician: canto custa? — what is the cost/price?
  • Galician: canto é? — what is the cost/price?
  • Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs) — what is the cost/price?
  • German: wieviel kostet das? — what is the cost/price?
  • Greek: πόσο κάνει αυτό (póso kánei aftó) — what is the cost/price?
  • Greek: πόσο κοστίζει αυτό (póso kostízei aftó) — what is the cost/price?
  • Hiligaynon: tagpila — what is the cost/price?
  • Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Hungarian: mennyibe kerül? — what is the cost/price?
  • Hungarian: mennyit kér érte? — what is the cost/price?
  • Ido: quanta olu kustas? — what is the cost/price?
  • Indonesian: berapa harga — what is the cost/price?
  • Italian: quanto costa? — what is the cost/price?
  • Italian: quant'è — what is the cost/price?
  • Japanese: これは幾らですか (kore wa ikura desu ka?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Japanese: いくらですか (ikura desu ka?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Kapampangan: magkanu — what is the cost/price?
  • Khmer: ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (thlay ponmaan) — what is the cost/price?
  • Korean: 얼마입니까? (eolma-imnikka?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Korean: 얼마에요? (eolma-eyo?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Korean: 이거 얼마에요? (igeo eolma-eyo?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Latgalian: cik — what is the cost/price?
  • Latvian: cik — what is the cost/price?
  • Macedonian: ко́лку чи́ни? (kólku číni?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Malay: berapa harga — what is the cost/price?
  • Mongolian: хэд вэ? (xed ve?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Navajo: díkwíí? — what is the cost/price?
  • Palauan: ngtelang a cheral? — what is the cost/price?
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кельо то кошта (kelʹo to košta) — what is the cost/price?
  • Persian: چند (čand) — what is the cost/price?
  • Polish: ile — what is the cost/price?
  • Polish: ile kosztuje — what is the cost/price?
  • Portuguese: quanto custa? — what is the cost/price?
  • Romanian: cât costă? — what is the cost/price?
  • Russian: ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit) — what is the cost/price?
  • Russian: почём (počóm) — what is the cost/price?
  • Scottish Gaelic: dè na — what is the cost/price?
  • Serbo-Croatian: колико је то? — what is the cost/price?
  • Serbo-Croatian: колико кошта? — what is the cost/price?
  • Serbo-Croatian: koliko je to? — what is the cost/price?
  • Serbo-Croatian: koliko košta? — what is the cost/price?
  • Slovak: koľko to stojí? — what is the cost/price?
  • Slovene: koliko to stane? — what is the cost/price?
  • Spanish: ¿cuánto cuesta? — what is the cost/price?
  • Swahili: shilingi ngapi — what is the cost/price?
  • Swahili: pesa ngapi — what is the cost/price?
  • Swahili: bei gani — what is the cost/price?
  • Tagalog: magkano — what is the cost/price?
  • Thai: นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?) — what is the cost/price?
  • Ukrainian: скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje) — what is the cost/price?
  • Ukrainian: скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ) — what is the cost/price?
  • Vietnamese: cái này giá bao nhiêu? — what is the cost/price?
  • Welsh: faint — what is the cost/price?