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Pronunciation
Determiner
how much
- (interrogative) What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).
- How much (cheese) is left in the fridge?
- How much of a problem will that cause the government?
- (specifically, when referring to the cost of an item) What amount of money.
- How much do you want for it?
- How much is it?
Usage notes
Translations
what quantity
- Abkhaz: заҟа (zaqʼa)
- Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
- Albanian: sa (sq)
- Arabic: كَمْ (ar) (kam)
- Egyptian Arabic: كام (kām), قد إيه (ʔaddē)
- Iraqi Arabic: شگد (šgadd)
- Moroccan Arabic: شحال (šḥāl)
- North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)
- South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: כמא (kmā, kmo)
- Syriac: ܟܡܐ (kmā, kmo)
- Armenian: որքան (hy) (orkʻan), ինչքան (hy) (inčʻkʻan)
- Aromanian: cãt m
- Asturian: cuántu (ast)
- Azerbaijani: neçə (az), nə qədər
- Bashkir: күпме (küpme)
- Belarusian: ко́лькі (be) (kólʹki)
- Bengali: কত (bn) (kot)
- Bikol Central: gurano (bcl)
- Bulgarian: ко́лко (bg) (kólko)
- Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (my) (manyrwe.manyhmya.), ဘယ်နှ (my) (bhaihna.), ဘယ်လောက် (my) (bhailauk)
- Carpathian Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko)
- Catalan: quant (ca)
- Chamicuro: netna
- Chechen: мел (mel)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 幾多／几多 (yue) (gei2 do1)
- Dungan: дуәшо (duəšo), җи (ži)
- Mandarin: 多少 (zh) (duōshao), 幾／几 (zh) (jǐ) (below ten)
- Wu: 多少 (1tu-sau)
- Chuvash: мӗн чухлӗ (mĕn č̬uhlĕ)
- Czech: kolik (cs)
- Dalmatian: cont m
- Danish: hvor meget
- Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
- Esperanto: kiom (eo)
- Estonian: kui palju
- Finnish: paljonko (fi), kuinka paljon
- French: combien (fr)
- Friulian: cetant
- Galician: canto (gl)
- Georgian: რამდენი (ka) (ramdeni)
- German: wie viel (de)
- Greek: πόσος (el) m (pósos), πόση (el) f (pósi), πόσο (el) n (póso)
- Ancient: πόσος (pósos), πόση f (pósē), πόσον n (póson)
- Guaraní: mboy
- Hebrew: כַּמָּה (he) (káma)
- Hiligaynon: pila
- Hindi: कितना (hi) (kitnā)
- Hungarian: mennyi (hu)
- Icelandic: hversu mikið
- Ido: quanta (io)
- Indonesian: berapa (id)
- Ingush: мел (mel)
- Irish: cé mhéad, cá mhéad
- Italian: quanto (it) m, quanta (it) f
- Japanese: 幾ら (ja) (いくら, ikura), いくら (ja) (ikura), 何ぼ (なんぼ, nanbo) (Kyoto dialect)
- Kapampangan: pakananu
- Kazakh: қанша (qanşa), неше (neşe)
- Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (km) (ponmaan)
- Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana), 얼마 (ko) (eolma)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: çend (ku)
- Kyrgyz: канча (ky) (kanca), нече (ky) (nece)
- Lao: ເທົ່າໃດ (thao dai), ຈັກ (chak), ປານໃດ (pān dai), ພຽງໃດ (phīang dai), ສັກທໍ່ໃດ (sak thǭ dai), ຮາວໃດ (hāo dai), ຮາວ (hāo)
- Latgalian: kai
- Latin: quantus (la)
- Latvian: cik
- Lithuanian: kiek
- Macedonian: ко́лку (mk) (kólku)
- Malay: berapa
- Maltese: kemm (mt)
- Mòcheno: biavle
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хэдэн (xeden)
- Navajo: díkwíí?
- Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hvor mye
- Nynorsk: kor mykje
- Ojibwe: aaniin minik
- Old East Slavic: колико (koliko)
- Old English: hū miċel
- Pannonian Rusyn: кельо (kelʹo)
- Persian: چِقَدر (fa) (čeqadr), چَند (fa) (čand)
- Polish: ile (pl)
- Portuguese: quanto (pt)
- Quechua: hayk'a (qu)
- Romanian: cât (ro)
- Romansch: quant, con, quànt, quaunt
- Russian: ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
- Sardinian: cantu
- Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: колѝко
- Roman: kolìko (sh)
- Sicilian: quantu (scn)
- Slovak: koľko
- Slovene: kóliko (sl)
- Spanish: cuánto (es)
- Swahili: kiasi gani
- Swedish: hur mycket
- Tagalog: gaano
- Tajik: чӣ қадар (čī qadar)
- Thai: เท่าไร (th) (tâo-rai), กี่ (th) (gìi)
- Tibetan: ག་ཚོད (ga tshod)
- Tok Pisin: hamas
- Turkish: ne kadar (tr)
- Turkmen: näçe, näden
- Ukrainian: скі́льки (skílʹky)
- Urdu: کِتْنا (kitnā)
- Uyghur: قانچە (qanche)
- Uzbek: qancha (uz)
- Venetian: cuanto, cuant
- Vietnamese: mấy (vi) (below ten), bao nhiêu (vi) (above ten)
- Welsh: faint (cy) m
- Wolof: ñaata (wo)
- Yakut: хас (qas)
- Yiddish: וויפֿל (vifl)
- Yup'ik: qavcin
- Zazaki: çenday
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what is the cost/price?
- Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
- Arabic: بِكَم (bikam), بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hāḏā?)
- Egyptian Arabic: بكام (bikām)
- North Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš), قدي (ʔaddē) (Lebanon)
- South Levantine Arabic: قديش (ʔaddēš)
- Azerbaijani: neçəyədir
- Belarusian: ко́лькі гэ́та кашту́е (kólʹki héta kaštúje)
- Bikol Central: mamira, manggurano
- Breton: pegement (br)
- Bulgarian: ко́лко е (kólko e), ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva)
- Burmese: ဘယ်လောက်လဲ (bhailauklai:)
- Catalan: quant (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 幾錢？／几钱？ (gei2 cin4-2)
- Mandarin: 多少錢？／多少钱？ (zh) (duōshao qián?)
- Czech: kolik to stojí?
- Dutch: hoeveel (nl)
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: paljonko se maksaa? (literally “how much does it cost?”), mitä se maksaa? (literally “what does it cost?”), paljonko? (fi) (colloquial)
- French: c’est combien ?
- Galician: canto custa?, canto é?
- Georgian: რა ღირს (ra ɣirs)
- German: wieviel kostet das?
- Greek: πόσο κάνει αυτό (póso kánei aftó), πόσο κοστίζει αυτό (póso kostízei aftó)
- Hiligaynon: tagpila
- Hindi: कितना है? (kitnā hai?)
- Hungarian: (how much does it cost?) mennyibe kerül?, (how much do you charge for it?) mennyit kér érte?
- Ido: quanta olu kustas?
- Indonesian: berapa banyak?
- Italian: quanto costa?, quant'è
- Japanese: これは幾らですか (これはいくらですか, kore wa ikura desu ka?), いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)
- Kapampangan: magkanu
- Khmer: ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (thlay ponmaan)
- Korean: 얼마입니까? (eolma-imnikka?), 얼마에요? (eolma-eyo?), 이거 얼마에요? (igeo eolma-eyo?)
- Latgalian: cik
- Latvian: cik
- Macedonian: ко́лку чи́ни? (kólku číni?)
- Malay: berapa banyak?
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хэд вэ? (xed ve?)
- Navajo: díkwíí?
- Palauan: ngtelang a cheral?
- Persian: چند (fa) (čand)
- Polish: ile (pl), ile kosztuje
- Portuguese: quanto custa?
- Romanian: cât costă?
- Russian: ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit), почём (ru) (počóm) (casual)
- Scottish Gaelic: dè na
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: колико је то?, колико кошта?
- Roman: koliko je to?, koliko košta?
- Slovak: koľko to stojí?
- Slovene: koliko to stane?
- Spanish: ¿cuánto cuesta?
- Tagalog: magkano
- Thai: นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?)
- Ukrainian: скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje), скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ)
- Vietnamese: cái này giá bao nhiêu?
- Welsh: faint (cy) m
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Adverb
how much
- (interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.
- How much do you like me?
Translations
to what degree, to what extent
Interjection
how much?
- (UK, slang, obsolete) you what? huh?
References
- (interjection): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
References
- “how much”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
