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autant de S’emploie devant un nom pluriel dénombrable, souvent dans la structure « as many… as » (autant de… que).
EN: We have as many chairs as we need.
FR: Nous avons autant de chaises qu’il nous en faut.

Lucy has as many friends as I do.

Lucy a autant d’amis que moi.

I found ten mistakes in as many pages.

J’ai trouvé dix erreurs en autant de pages.

Nobody knows as many stories as the god of sleep.

Personne ne connaît autant d’histoires que le dieu du sommeil.

As many as ten students failed the exam.

Jusqu’à dix étudiants ont échoué à l’examen.

The author made ten mistakes in as many pages.

L’auteur a fait dix erreurs en autant de pages.

There aren't as many trains at night.

Il n’y a pas autant de trains la nuit.

I want to meet as many girls as possible and choose my ideal one.

Je veux rencontrer autant de filles que possible et choisir celle qui est idéale pour moi.

— Audition (2000)

The French team scored as many goals as the English team.

L’équipe de France a marqué autant de buts que l’équipe d’Angleterre.

I could not catch as many fish as I had expected.

Je n’ai pas pu attraper autant de poissons que je l’avais espéré.

We don't get as many customers as we used to.

Nous n’avons plus autant de clients qu’avant.

There are as many museums as there are churches.

Il y a autant de musées que d’églises.

Me, I've barely written five pages in as many days.

Moi, j’ai à peine écrit cinq pages en autant de jours.

— Mother Night (1996)

Let's go and see as many things as we can.

Allons voir le plus de choses possible.

We're burning three or four times as many calories.

Nous brûlons trois ou quatre fois plus de calories.

— Society of the Snow (2023)