quanti

Quanti is a term that appears mainly in Italian, where it functions as the masculine plural form of quanto. Quanto is an interrogative and quantitative word meaning “how much” or “how many.” Quanti is used before masculine plural nouns and agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes. For example, Quanti libri hai letto? expresses “How many books have you read?” The feminine forms are quante (singular and plural), used with feminine nouns, as in Quante ragazze partecipano?

In scientific and technical contexts, quanto can also denote a quantum, a discrete amount in physics. In this sense, quanto is a noun, and its plural forms follow the same gendered pattern as other Italian nouns: quanti for masculine usage and quante for feminine usage. This usage appears in discussions of quantum concepts, where the word is used similarly to the English “quantum.”

Outside of Italian grammar and technical vocabulary, quanti may appear as a proper noun in names or titles in various languages, though it is not widely established as a common term in English-language references. As with many language elements, its meaning and form are closely tied to grammatical gender and number in Italian, and its occurrence outside Italian tends to be contextual or referential rather than lexical.