French

Noun

mye f ‎(plural myes)

1. Mya (taxonomic genre of mollusks)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill ‎(“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méga-. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myːə/

Adjective

mye ‎(indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)

1. Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, "small", "little")

   Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres.

   Come on, there's a lot of work to do.

   Det finnes mye rart i byen.

   There are a lot of strange things in the city.

   Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?

2. Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal

   Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken

   Much could have been done differently in this case.

3. much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)

   Faren min er mye sterkere enn din.

   My dad is much stronger than yours.

   Det huset er mye større enn jeg hadde trodd.

   That house is much bigger than I had expected.

4. (as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot

   Jogger du mye i fritida?

   Do you jog much in your spare time?

   Han drikker mye.

   He drinks a lot.

Usage notes

• å være mye syk = to often be ill
  • han er mye syk. = he is often ill.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• atskillig, bråtevis, en (god, hel, stor) del, en masse, fullt av, haugevis, mangt, massevis (av), mengdevis, plenty, rikelig (av, med)

References

• “mye” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “mye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• J.Fritnzer's dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myːə/

Adjective

mye

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by mykje