the more the merrier

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First recorded in the 14th-century poem Pearl, line 850. The phrase contains an instance of the comparative correlative use of the.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: com més serem, més riurem — it is more fun with more people
• Chinese Mandarin: 多多益善 (duō duō yì shàn) — it is more fun with more people
• Chinese Mandarin: 越多越好 (yuè duō yuè hǎo) — it is more fun with more people
• Danish: desto flere, desto sjovere — it is more fun with more people
• Dutch: hoe meer zielen, hoe meer vreugd — it is more fun with more people
• Estonian: mida rohkem, seda uhkem — it is more fun with more people
• Finnish: enempi parempi — it is more fun with more people
• French: plus on est de fous, plus on rit — it is more fun with more people
• German: je mehr, desto besser — it is more fun with more people
• Greek: όσο περισσότεροι, τόσο καλύτερα (óso perissóteroi, tóso kalýtera) — it is more fun with more people
• Hungarian: minél többen vagyunk, annál jobban érezzük magunkat — it is more fun with more people
• Hungarian: minél többen vannak, annál jobban érzik magukat — it is more fun with more people
• Indonesian: makin banyak makin meriah — it is more fun with more people
• Indonesian: semakin banyak semakin meriah — it is more fun with more people
• Italian: più siamo meglio è — it is more fun with more people
• Japanese: 多多益益弁ず (tata masumasu benzu) — it is more fun with more people
• Korean: 다다익선 (dadaikseon) — it is more fun with more people
• Norwegian: jo flere, desto bedre — it is more fun with more people
• Norwegian: jo flere, jo bedre — it is more fun with more people
• Polish: w kupie raźniej — it is more fun with more people
• Portuguese: quanto mais, melhor — it is more fun with more people
• Russian: чем бо́льше, тем веселе́е (čem bólʹše, tem veseléje) — it is more fun with more people
• Russian: в тесноте́, да не в оби́де (v tesnoté, da ne v obíde) — it is more fun with more people
• Russian: чем бо́льше, тем лу́чше (čem bólʹše, tem lúčše) — it is more fun with more people
• Spanish: "cuantos más, mejor" — it is more fun with more people
• Spanish: "mientras / entre más [seamos], mejor" — it is more fun with more people
• Swedish: ju fler desto roligare — it is more fun with more people
• Swedish: ju fler desto bättre — it is more fun with more people
• Vietnamese: càng đông càng vui — it is more fun with more people
• Walloon: pus k' on est d' sots, pus k' on reye — it is more fun with more people
• Walloon: pus çk' on-z est d' sots, pus çk' on reye — it is more fun with more people
• Bulgarian: колкото повече, толкова повече (kolkoto poveče, tolkova poveče) — a greater amount of something is better
• Dutch: hoe meer, hoe beter — a greater amount of something is better
• Finnish: enempi parempi — a greater amount of something is better
• Hebrew: כמה שיותר, יותר טוב — a greater amount of something is better
• Hungarian: minél több, annál jobb (van / van belőle) — a greater amount of something is better
• Indonesian: makin banyak makin bagus — a greater amount of something is better
• Indonesian: semakin banyak semakin bagus — a greater amount of something is better
• Japanese: 枯れ木も山の賑わい (Kareki mo yama no nigiwai) — a greater amount of something is better
• Latin: melius abundāre quam dēficere — a greater amount of something is better
• Polish: im więcej, tym lepiej — a greater amount of something is better
• Portuguese: quanto mais, melhor — a greater amount of something is better
• Russian: чем бо́льше, тем лу́чше (čem bólʹše, tem lúčše) — a greater amount of something is better
• Spanish: "cuanto / mientras / entre más, mejor" — a greater amount of something is better
• Vietnamese: càng nhiều càng tốt — a greater amount of something is better