many
要点多くの、たくさんの、多数、大多数
意味
- 多くの,たくさんの,多数の
- 《many a(an)…の形で》《文》《単数名詞を従えて》多くの,多数の
- 《複数扱い》
- (…の)多数《+of+名(複数形)》;多数の人(もの)
- 《the~》大多数,大衆
- 心の狭い人,卑しい人
例文
By the way, how many of you are keeping a diary?
ところであなたがたの中で何人日記をつけていますか。
The accomplishment of this task took many years.
この仕事の遂行は多くの歳月を要した。
I wonder how many times I've come here with her.
彼女とここに来るのは何回目になるのだろう。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegia…