Amucks

/əˈmʌks/ noun

Definition

Plural form; instances or occurrences of violent, uncontrolled behavior, or people behaving in such a manner.

Etymology

The noun form created from the adverb amuck by nominalizing it and adding the plural suffix -s. This allows amuck to function as a countable noun describing specific incidents.

Kelly Says

Creating plural forms of words that started as adverbs shows how English evolves—language users naturally make plurals even when the original word wasn't designed as a countable noun!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ብዙ
b-joo
ARالعربية
كثير
katheer
BNবাংলা
বেশি
be-shi
CACatalà
molt
molt
CSČeština
mnoho
mno-ho
DADansk
meget
me-get
DEDeutsch
viele
fee-leh
ELΕλληνικά
πολύ
po-lee
ESEspañol
muchos
moo-chos
FAفارسی
خیلی
khee-lee
FISuomi
paljon
paljon
FRFrançais
beaucoup
bo-koo
GUGU
કરોડો
ka-ro-do
HAHA
yawa
ya-wa
HEעברית
הרבה
har-bah
HIहिन्दी
बहुत
bah-ut
HUMagyar
sok
sock
IDBahasa Indonesia
banyak
ba-nyak
IGIG
nke
n-keh
ITItaliano
molti
mol-tee
JA日本語
たくさん
ta-ta-kun
KKKK
тама
ta-ma
KMKM
ច្រើន
chreu-n
KO한국어
많이
man-ee
MRMR
अनेक
a-nek
MSBahasa Melayu
banyak
ba-nyak
MYမြန်မာ
ကြီး
kee
NLNederlands
veel
feel
NONorsk
mye
m-ye
PAPA
ਕਿયੋਂ
kee-yon
PLPolski
bardzo
bar-dzo
PTPortuguês
muitos
moo-ee-tohs
RORomână
foarte mult
for-tay mult
RUРусский
много
mol-go
SVSvenska
mycket
mee-khet
SWKiswahili
wengi
wen-gee
TAதமிழ்
ποல
po-la
TEతెలుగు
కొద్ది
kod-di
THไทย
มาก
maak
TLTL
marami
ma-ra-mi
TRTürkçe
çok
chock
UKУкраїнська
багато
ba-ta
URاردو
زیادہ
zee-ada
VITiếng Việt
nhiều
nhee-ew
YOYO
pupọ
pu-po
ZH中文
很多
hěn duō
ZUZU
kabi
ka-bee

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