how much

English

Pronunciation

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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

Used with uncountable nouns only. The form used with countable nouns is how many.

Translations

what quantity

Abkhaz: заҟа (zaqʼa)
Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
Albanian: sa (sq)
Arabic: كَمْ‎ (ar) (kam)
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) (orkʿan), ինչքան (hy) (inčʿkʿan)
Aromanian: cãt m
Asturian: cuántu (ast)
Azerbaijani: neçə (az), nə qədər
Bashkir: күпме (küpme)
Belarusian: ко́лькі (be) (kólʹki)
Bengali: কত (bn) (kôtô)
Bikol Central: gurano (bcl)
Bulgarian: ко́лко (bg) (kólko)
Burmese: မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (my) (manyrwe.manyhmya.), ဘယ်နှ (my) (bhaihna.), ဘယ်လောက် (my) (bhailauk)
Catalan: quant (ca)
Chamicuro: netna
Chechen: мел (mel)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 幾多 (yue), 几多 (gei² do¹)
Dungan: дуәшо (duəšo), җи (ži)
Mandarin: 多少 (zh) (duōshǎo), 幾／几 (zh) (jǐ) (below ten)
Wu: 多少 (tu 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)
Kazakh: қанша (kk) (qanşa), неше (neşe)
Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (km) (ponmaan)
Korean: 얼마나 (ko) (eolmana), 얼마 (ko) (eolma)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çend (ku)
Kyrgyz: канча (ky) (kança), нече (ky) (neçe)
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)
Mongolian: хэдэн (xeden)
Mòcheno: biavle
Navajo: díkwíí?
Norman: combein (Jersey), caombian (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvor mye
Ojibwe: aaniin minik
Old English: hū miċel
Persian: چقدر‎ (fa) (čeqadr), چند‎ (fa) (čand)
Polish: ile (pl)
Portuguese: quanto (pt)
Quechua: hayk'a (qu)
Romanian: cât (ro)
Romansch: quant, con, quànt, quaunt
Russian: ско́лько (ru) (skólʹko)
Rusyn: кі́лько (kílʹko) (Carpathian), кельо (kelʹo) (Pannonian)
Sardinian: cantu
Scottish Gaelic: cia mheud
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колико
Roman: koliko (sh)
Sicilian: quantu (scn)
Slovak: koľko
Slovene: kóliko (sl)
Spanish: cuánto (es)
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: کتنا‎ (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 (xas)
Yiddish: וויפֿל‎ (vifl)
Yup'ik: qavcin
Zazaki: çenday

what is the cost/price?

Afrikaans: hoeveel (af)
Arabic: بِكَم هٰذَا؟‎ (bikam hāḏā?)
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 (gei² cin^4-2)
Mandarin: 多少錢？／多少钱？ (zh) (duōshao qián?)
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: ^{(please verify)} 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? (hu), (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 (kore wa ikura desu ka?), いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)
Kapampangan: magkanu
Khmer: ថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន (tlai punman)
Korean: 얼마입니까? (Eolmaimnikka?), 얼마에요? (Eolma'eyo?), 이거 얼마에요? (Igeo eolma'eyo?)
Latgalian: cik
Latvian: cik
Macedonian: колку чини (kolku čini)
Malay: berapa banyak?
Mongolian: 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)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колико је то?, колико кошта?
Roman: koliko je to?, koliko košta?
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

Adverb

how much

(interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.
How much do you like me?

Translations

to what degree, to what extent

Finnish: paljonko, kuinka paljon
German: wie sehr
Hungarian: mennyire? (hu)
Romanian: cât de mult
Welsh: faint (cy)

Interjection

how much?

(UK, slang, obsolete) you what? huh?

References

(interjection): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

References

how much at OneLook Dictionary Search