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1 many
A quantif beaucoup de, un grand nombre de ; many people/cars beaucoup de gens/voitures, un grand nombre de gens/voitures ; many times de nombreuses fois, bien des fois ; for many years pendant de nombreuses années ; in many ways à bien des égards ; his many friends ses nombreux amis ; the many advantages of city life les nombreux avantages de la vie citadine ; how many people/times? combien de gens/fois? ; too many people/times trop de gens/fois ; a great many people énormément de gens, un très grand nombre de gens ; for a great many years pendant de nombreuses années ; a good many people/times pas mal ○ de gens/de fois ; like so many other women, she… comme tant d'autres femmes, elle… ; I have as many books as you (do) j'ai autant de livres que toi ; five exams in as many days cinq examens en autant de jours ; many a man would be glad of such an opportunity plus d'un homme se réjouirait d'une telle occasion ; I spent many a night there j'y ai passé de nombreuses nuits ; I've been there many a time, many's the time I've been there j'y suis allé maintes fois.B pron beaucoup ; not many pas beaucoup ; too many trop ; how many? combien? ; as many as you like autant que tu veux ; I didn't know there were so many je ne savais pas qu'il y en avait autant ; we don't need many more il ne nous en faut pas beaucoup plus ; many of them were killed beaucoup d'entre eux ont été tués ; there were too many of them ils étaient trop nombreux ; a good many of the houses were damaged un bon nombre des maisons ont été endommagées ; one/two too many un/deux de trop ; you've set one place too many tu as mis un couvert de trop.C n the many ( the masses) la foule, les masses fpl ; to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many sacrifier les intérêts d'une minorité en faveur du plus grand nombre ; the many who loved her les nombreuses personnes qui l'ont aimée.to have had one too many ○ avoir bu un coup de trop ○. -
2 many
many [ˈmenɪ]• many happy returns! bon anniversaire !• how many? combien ?• how many people? combien de personnes ?• there were so many (that...) il y en avait tant (que...)► too many* * *['menɪ] 1.(comparative more; superlative most) quantifier beaucoup de, un grand nombre demany times — de nombreuses fois, bien des fois
how many people/times? — combien de personnes/fois?
2.many a man would be glad of such an opportunity — plus d'un homme se réjouirait d'une telle occasion
pronoun beaucoupto have had one too many — (colloq) avoir bu un coup de trop (colloq)
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