how much

determiner

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

“How much is it?”

Meanings

determiner

alternative Philippines hm

  1. interrogativeWhat amount or quantity of (something stated or implied).

    How much of a problem will that cause the government?

    1 more example

    How much (cheese) is left in the fridge? - This is how much we've got left.

  2. specificallywhen referring to the cost of an itemWhat amount of money.

    How much is it?

    2 more examples

    How much do you want for it?

    How much is it worth?

adverb

alternative Philippines hm

  1. interrogativeTo what degree; to what extent.

    How much do you like me?

    1 more example

    It's a real bargain, considering both its price and how much in need of one we are.

interjectionhow much?

alternative Philippines hm

  1. UKobsoleteslangyou what? huh?

Translations

Afrikaans hoeveel, hoeveel
  • hoeveelwhat quantity
  • hoeveelwhat is the cost/price?
Ancient Greek πόσος, πόση
  • πόσος (pósos)what quantity
  • πόση (pósē)what quantity
  • πόσον (póson)what quantity
Arabic كَمْ, بِكَم
  • كَمْ (kam)what quantity
  • بِكَم (bikam)what is the cost/price?
  • بِكَمْ هٰذَا؟ (bikam hāḏā?)what is the cost/price?
Basque zenbat
  • zenbatwhat quantity
Bengali কত
  • কত (kot)what quantity
Bulgarian ко́лко, ко́лко е
  • ко́лко (kólko)what quantity
  • ко́лко е (kólko e)what is the cost/price?
  • ко́лко стру́ва (kólko strúva)what is the cost/price?
Catalan quant, quant
  • quantwhat quantity
  • quantwhat is the cost/price?
Chinese Cantonese 幾多 /几多, 幾錢? /几钱?
  • 幾多 /几多 (gei² do¹)what quantity
  • 幾錢? /几钱?what is the cost/price?
Chinese Mandarin 多少, 幾 /几
  • 多少 (duōshao)what quantity
  • 幾 /几 (jǐ)what quantity
  • 多少錢? /多少钱? (duōshao qián?)what is the cost/price?
Czech kolik, kolik to stojí?
  • kolikwhat quantity
  • kolik to stojí?what is the cost/price?
Danish hvor meget
  • hvor megetwhat quantity
Dutch hoeveel, hoeveel
  • hoeveelwhat quantity
  • hoeveelwhat is the cost/price?
  • hoezeerto what degree, to what extent
Esperanto kiom
  • kiomwhat quantity
Estonian kui palju
  • kui paljuwhat quantity
Finnish paljonko, kuinka paljon
  • paljonkowhat quantity
  • kuinka paljonwhat quantity
  • paljonko se maksaa?what is the cost/price?
  • mitä se maksaa?what is the cost/price?
  • paljonko?what is the cost/price?
  • paljonkoto what degree, to what extent
  • kuinka paljonto what degree, to what extent
French combien, c'est combien
  • combienwhat quantity
  • c'est combienwhat is the cost/price?
German wie viel, wieviel kostet das?
  • wie vielwhat quantity
  • wieviel kostet das?what is the cost/price?
  • wie sehrto what degree, to what extent
Greek πόσος, πόση
  • πόσος (pósos)what quantity
  • πόση (pósi)what quantity
  • πόσο (póso)what quantity
  • πόσο κάνει αυτό (póso kánei aftó)what is the cost/price?
  • πόσο κοστίζει αυτό (póso kostízei aftó)what is the cost/price?
Hebrew כַּמָּה
  • כַּמָּה (káma)what quantity
Hindi कितना, कितना है?
  • कितना (kitnā)what quantity
  • कितना है? (kitnā hai?)what is the cost/price?
Hungarian mennyi, mennyibe kerül?
  • mennyiwhat quantity
  • mennyibe kerül?what is the cost/price?
  • mennyit kér érte?what is the cost/price?
  • mennyire?to what degree, to what extent
Icelandic hversu mikið
  • hversu mikiðwhat quantity
Indonesian berapa, berapa harga
  • berapawhat quantity
  • berapa hargawhat is the cost/price?
Irish cé mhéad, cá mhéad
  • cé mhéadwhat quantity
  • cá mhéadwhat quantity
Italian quanto, quanta
  • quantowhat quantity
  • quantawhat quantity
  • quanto costa?what is the cost/price?
  • quant'èwhat is the cost/price?
Japanese 幾ら, いくら
  • 幾ら (ikura)what quantity
  • いくら (ikura)what quantity
  • 何ぼ (nanbo)what quantity
  • これは幾らですか (kore wa ikura desu ka?)what is the cost/price?
  • いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)what is the cost/price?
Korean 얼마나, 얼마
  • 얼마나 (eolmana)what quantity
  • 얼마 (eolma)what quantity
  • 얼마입니까? (eolma-imnikka?)what is the cost/price?
  • 얼마에요? (eolma-eyo?)what is the cost/price?
  • 이거 얼마에요? (igeo eolma-eyo?)what is the cost/price?
Latin quantus
  • quantuswhat quantity
Latvian cik, cik
  • cikwhat quantity
  • cikwhat is the cost/price?
Lithuanian kiek
  • kiekwhat quantity
Malay berapa, berapa harga
  • berapawhat quantity
  • berapa hargawhat is the cost/price?
Norwegian Bokmål hvor mye
  • hvor myewhat quantity
Persian چِقَدر, چَند
  • چِقَدر (čeqadr)what quantity
  • چَند (čand)what quantity
  • چند (čand)what is the cost/price?
Polish ile, ile
  • ilewhat quantity
  • ilewhat is the cost/price?
  • ile kosztujewhat is the cost/price?
  • jak bardzoto what degree, to what extent
Portuguese quanto, quanta
  • quantowhat quantity
  • quantawhat quantity
  • quanto custa?what is the cost/price?
Romanian cât, cât costă?
  • câtwhat quantity
  • cât costă?what is the cost/price?
  • cât de multto what degree, to what extent
Russian ско́лько, ско́лько э́то сто́ит
  • ско́лько (skólʹko)what quantity
  • ско́лько э́то сто́ит (skólʹko éto stóit)what is the cost/price?
  • почём (počóm)what is the cost/price?
  • сколько (skolʹko)to what degree, to what extent
Scottish Gaelic cia mheud, dè na
  • cia mheudwhat quantity
  • dè nawhat is the cost/price?
Slovak koľko, koľko to stojí?
  • koľkowhat quantity
  • koľko to stojí?what is the cost/price?
Spanish cuánto, ¿cuánto cuesta?
  • cuántowhat quantity
  • ¿cuánto cuesta?what is the cost/price?
  • cuántoto what degree, to what extent
  • lo muchoto what degree, to what extent
Swahili kiasi gani, shilingi ngapi
  • kiasi ganiwhat quantity
  • shilingi ngapiwhat is the cost/price?
  • pesa ngapiwhat is the cost/price?
  • bei ganiwhat is the cost/price?
Swedish hur mycket
  • hur mycketwhat quantity
Tagalog gaano, magkano
  • gaanowhat quantity
  • magkanowhat is the cost/price?
Tamil எவ்வளவு
  • எவ்வளவு (evvaḷavu)what quantity
Thai เท่าไร, กี่
  • เท่าไร (tâo-rai)what quantity
  • กี่ (gìi)what quantity
  • นี่เท่าไร (nîi tâo-rai?)what is the cost/price?
Turkish ne kadar
  • ne kadarwhat quantity
Ukrainian скі́льки, скі́льки це ко́штує
  • скі́льки (skílʹky)what quantity
  • скі́льки це ко́штує (skílʹky ce kóštuje)what is the cost/price?
  • скі́льки це сто́їть (skílʹky ce stójitʹ)what is the cost/price?
Urdu کِتْنا
  • کِتْنا (kitnā)what quantity
Vietnamese mấy, bao nhiêu
  • mấywhat quantity
  • bao nhiêuwhat quantity
  • cái này giá bao nhiêu?what is the cost/price?
Welsh faint, faint
  • faintwhat quantity
  • faintwhat is the cost/price?
  • faintto what degree, to what extent
Yiddish וויפֿל
  • וויפֿל (vifl)what quantity
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APA

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Chicago

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