yüzlerce

Yüzlerce is a Turkish numeral quantifier meaning hundreds. It is used before a noun to indicate a large but not precisely specified quantity, roughly equivalent to “hundreds of” in English. The form is a fixed compound derived from yüz (hundred) with the suffix -lerce, which signals plurality and an approximate magnitude.

In usage, yüzlerce functions as a determiner that accompanies a following noun, and the noun generally remains in its normal form without requiring a separate number. Examples include: Yüzlerce kişi katıldı (Hundreds of people attended), Yüzlerce kitap bulundu (Hundreds of books were found). It can appear in various tenses and constructions, similar to other quantifiers in Turkish. The expression is common in news, reports, and narrative prose.

Relation to other quantifiers is lexical rather than purely morphological. Forms like binlerce (thousands) and milyonlarca (millions) follow the same pattern, while onlarda or onlarca convey “dozens of” or a large but less precise quantity. Yüzlerce thus provides a concise, neutral way to express large-scale quantities without giving an exact count.