amount

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
2. A quantity or volume.
3. The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

Verb

1. To total or evaluate.
2. To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
3. (obsolete) To go up; to ascend.

Concepts

quantité

nombre

somme

montant

niveau

mesure

grandeur

total

aboutir

résulter

dimension

étendue

taille

atteindre

valoir

s’élever

constituer

degré

grade

par ordre croissant

rang

échelon

dose

chiffre

pointure

part

correspondre

monter

volume

compter

venir

totaliser

chiffrer

consistance

totalité

quantum

ratio

développer

faire

former

être

haut

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈmaʊnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).

Phrases

The film contains a judicious amount of kicking and slapping .

Le film contient une quantité judicieuse de coups de pied et de gifles.