a number of

English

Phrase

a number of

Several.
A number of people have commented on it.

There are a number of problems with the log-in system.
Several of.
I spoke with a number of them about it.

Usage notes

This a leading example of the structure of a partitive construction. Other words that behave the same way as number does are dozen, quantity, score, hundred, army, lakh, mob, lot, plethora, myriad, herd.

Translations

several

Chinese:
Mandarin: 幾個 (zh), 几个 (zh) (jǐgè), 一些 (zh) (yīxiē), 若干 (zh) (ruògān)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: moni (fi)

Portuguese: um número de, uma quantidade de, um tanto de
Russian: ряд (ru) m (rjad), не́сколько (ru) (néskolʹko)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

several of

Chinese:
Mandarin: 幾個 (zh), 几个 (zh) (jǐgè), 一些 (zh) (yīxiē), 若干 (zh) (ruògān)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: moni (fi)

Portuguese: um tanto de
Russian: ряд (ru) m (rjad), не́сколько (ru) (néskolʹko)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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