No. 167 in French
nombreux
Numerous.
In a sentence
Il y avait de nombreux invités à la fête.
There were numerous guests at the party.
Here, 'nombreux' is used as an adjective describing the plural noun 'invités', meaning 'many numerous' in the sense of a large amount.
Des problèmes nombreux surgissent dans ce projet.
Numerous issues arise in this project.
'Nombreux' is functioning as an adjective describing the noun 'problèmes', emphasizing the plurality of issues in relation to the context described.
Nous avons assisté à de nombreuses conférences cette semaine.
We attended numerous conferences this week.
The term 'nombreuses' is the feminine plural form of 'nombreux', adapting to agree with the gender and plurality of the noun 'conférences' it describes.
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