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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries多くの人
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ooku no hito
"多くの人がこの難問に挑んだ。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A considerable number of individual persons or things, considered collectively yet distributively.
"Many-a-one has tried to solve this ancient puzzle, but all have failed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the older English distributive construction combining the quantifier 'many' with the indefinite article 'a' and the pronoun 'one'. Dating back to Middle English, it functions similarly to the more common 'many a', referring distributively to a large number of individuals considered separately.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Many-a-one" is said worldwide
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plus d'un
Transliteration: ply d‿œ̃
"Plus d'un s'est trompé sur son compte."
so mancher
Transliteration: zoː ˈmançɐ
"So mancher hat diesen Fehler gemacht."
molto uno
Transliteration: ˈmɔl.to ˈu.no
"Molto uno ha cercato di trovare la risposta."
más de uno
Transliteration: mas de ˈu.no
"Más de uno ha intentado resolver este enigma."
mais de um
Transliteration: majz dʒi ũ
"Mais de um tentou alcançar o topo."
अनेक
Transliteration: anek
"अनेक ने इस चुनौती का सामना किया है।"
许多人
Transliteration: xǔ duō rén
"许多人都曾尝试过这样做。"
많은 이들
Transliteration: man-eun ideo-deul
"많은 이들이 이 길을 걸어갔다."
多くの人
Transliteration: ooku no hito
"多くの人がこの難問に挑んだ。"
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