numerous

English

Etymology

From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuməɹəs/, /ˈnumɹəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəs/, /ˈnjuːmɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -uːməɹəs
• Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧ous, num‧erous

Adjective

numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)

1. Indefinitely large numerically, many.
   • 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, page 168:

     Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.

   There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.

2. Consisting of a large number of individuals or parts.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 263:

     A numerous band of men and maidens escorts him by torchlight.

Synonyms

• many, multiple; see also Thesaurus:manifold

Antonyms

• unnumerous

Derived terms

• numerosity
• overnumerous
• supernumerous

 

Translations

Indefinitely large numerically

• Arabic: عَدِيد (ʕadīd), كَثِير (ar) (kaṯīr)
• Armenian: բազմաթիվ (hy) (bazmatʻiv)
• Azerbaijani: çoxsaylı, çoxlu (az)
• Belarusian: шматлі́кі (šmatlíki)
• Bulgarian: многобро́ен (bg) (mnogobróen), многочи́слен (bg) (mnogočíslen)
• Catalan: nombrós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眾多／众多 (zh) (zhòngduō), 多 (zh) (duō)

• Czech: četný (cs), početný (cs)
• Danish: talrig
• Dutch: talrijk (nl), ontelbaar (nl), numereus
• Egyptian: (ꜥšꜣ)
• Esperanto: multnombra
• Estonian: arvukas
• Finnish: lukuisa (fi)
• French: nombreux (fr)
• Galician: numeroso (gl)
• Georgian: ურიცხვი (uricxvi), უამრავი (uamravi), დიდძალი (didʒali)
• German: zahlreich (de), vielzählig
• Hebrew: רַב (he) (rav)
• Hungarian: számos (hu), nagyszámú (hu)
• Icelandic: fjölmargur
• Ingrian: suurlukuin
• Interlingua: numerose
• Irish: líonmhar
• Italian: numeroso (it)
• Japanese: 多数の (ja) (たすうの, tasū no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi)
• Korean: 수많다 (ko) (sumanta), 다수의 (ko) (dasuui)
• Latin: numerōsus, frequens, creber
• Latvian: daudzskaitlīgs
• Lithuanian: gausus
• Low German:

  German Low German: tahlriek, tallriek

• Macedonian: многуброен (mnogubroen), броен (broen)
• Malayalam: അനേകം (ml) (anēkaṁ), നിരവധി (ml) (niravadhi), കുറേ (ml) (kuṟē)
• Maori: makiu, tini makiu, maruru, maha, ngeangea, huhua, tini whāioio, mahamaha, tīpatere, makehua, tini makehua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tallrik (no)

  Nynorsk: talrik

• Old English: getælfull
• Ottoman Turkish: چوك (çok), كثرت اوزره (kesret üzere)
• Polish: liczny (pl)
• Portuguese: numeroso (pt)
• Romanian: numeros (ro)
• Russian: многочи́сленный (ru) (mnogočíslennyj)
• Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бро̑јан, мно̏гобро̄јан

  Roman: brȏjan (sh), mnȍgobrōjan (sh)

• Slovak: početný
• Slovene: številen, številčen
• Spanish: numeroso (es)
• Swedish: talrik (sv)
• Turkish: sayısız (tr) (literally “without a number”), çok sayıda (literally “in large quantities”), birçok (tr)
• Ukrainian: багаточи́сельний (bahatočýselʹnyj), числе́нний (uk) (čyslénnyj)
• Uyghur: نۇرغۇن (nurghun)
• Vietnamese: đông (vi), nhiều (vi)