so many

English

Adjective

so many (not comparable)

1. A certain number of
   • September 2006, Justin Trudeau - speech in Toronto

     But the fact of the matter is, there's only so many people we can take, it's time to take Canada over there.

2. Great in number; very numerous; a large number of
   • 1811, Jane Austen, letter 1811-05-31:

     How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!

   • January 2001, George W. Bush - First Inaugural Address

     I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.

Derived terms

• in so many words
• so-manieth

Translations

a certain number

• Catalan: tant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咁多 (gam³ do¹)

• Ido: tanta (io)
• Ingrian: sevverta
• Italian: tot (it) m
• Latin: tot (la)
• Polish: tyle (pl)

very numerous

• Catalan: tants (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咁多 (gam³ do¹)

• Italian: tot (it), così tanti
• Polish: aż (pl), tyle (pl)
• Zhuang: geijlai

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tant (fr)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} tot (la)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} toliko (sh)

See also

• as many
• so much

Anagrams

• Mayons, Mayson