How To Use Combien (How much, how many) in French The Modern French combien is a combination of the Old French com (equating to comme; like or as in Modern French) and bien (well) Combien was also written cumbien in the past
combien - Wiktionary, the free dictionary combien how much (for uncountable nouns and portions) quotations Il y en a combien ? ― How much of it is there? Combien tu en veux ? ― How much (of it) do you want?