Autant set

autant

as much/however many/much =>Autant il y a de personnes, autant il y a d'avis. (There are as many opinions as there are people.)

autant que

as much as, just as much as => J'aime autant boire que manger. (I love eating just as much as drinking)

autant de/d' + noun + que

as many/much (countable noun) as =>Il y a autant d'élèves dans sa classe que dans la mienne. Avec ce pass ciné, tu peux aller au cinéma autant de fois que tu veux. Vincent a autant d'argent que son frère. (There are as many pupils in his class as there are in mine. // With this cinema pass, you can go to the cinema as many times as you like. Vincent has as much money as his brother.)

autant de

as many/much; this many/much (countable noun) =>Il n'y a jamais eu autant de malades que cette année. Il n'y a jamais eu autant de pluie en été que cette année. (There have never been as many sick people as there are this year//There has never been this much rain in the summer before.)

Autant que (il est aussi bien que)

may as well, it's best, it's probably best =>Autant que tu saches maintenant que Pierre ne viendra pas. (You may as well know now that Pierre's not coming/It's probably best you know now that Pierre's not coming.)

autant…,autant…

as much as =>Autant j'ai beaucoup aimé ses précédents films, autant je trouve que celui-ci est complètement raté. (I disliked this new film as much as I liked the previous ones/Much as I loved the previous films, I think this one is a complete disaster.)

Autant chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin.

it's like looking for a needle in a haystack

autant dire

in other words, that is to say

autant dire que

suffice to say that

Autant en emporte le vent

it's nothing but hot air; it's nothing but empty promises.

autant ne rien dire

best not say anything

autant pour moi

my bad, my mistake

autant que faire se peut

as far as possible =>Vous devez, autant que faire se peut, détailler votre expérience professionnelle.

Autant que je sache

as far as I know =>Autant que je sache, Pierre n'habite plus avec ses parents depuis longtemps

autant que possible

as far as possible, as much as possible

comme autant de

like so many

d'autant

as much, equally, by as much =>Si tu augmentes ce paramètre-ci, il faudra diminuer celui-là d'autant. [If you increase this parameter, you will need to decrease that one as much (or: equally).]

d'autant moins que

even less so given that, especially as, particularly as =>Je ne sais pas naviguer, d'autant moins que j'ai le mal de mer.(I can't sail, particularly as I get sea sick.)

d'autant plus que

especially as, all the more so as =>Je peux vous conduire tous les quatre, d'autant plus que j'ai un minibus.(I can give all four of you a lift, especially as I have a minibus)

d'autant plus + adj + que

all the more + adj because/as, especially + adj given that =>C'est d'autant plus important d'économiser l'eau qu'elle se fait de plus en plus rare. (It is even more important to save water now that it is getting ever scarcer.)

d'autant plus de [qch] à faire [qch] que

especially + adj because =>Robert a d'autant plus de mal à comprendre la fatigue de Julie qu'il n'a jamais eu à prendre les transports en commun.(It is all the more difficult for Robert to understand Julie's tiredness given that he has never had to travel by public transport.)

d'autant que

especially as, particularly as =>Je connais bien cette ville, d'autant que j'y ai habité! (I know this town well, especially as I lived there!)

en faire autant

do likewise, do the same =>Tu vas te coucher ? Je crois que je vais en faire autant. (Are you going to bed? I think I'll do likewise.)

ne pas pouvoir en dire autant

not say the same thing for.. => Moi, j'ai travaillé toute la journée, mais je ne peux pas en dire autant de lui. ( I worked all day but I can't say the same about him. )

pour autant

despite this, therefore, nonetheless =>Je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps libre aujourd'hui, pour autant je trouverai bien quelques minutes à vous accorder. (I don't have a lot of free time today; despite that, I will see if I can find a few minutes for you.)

pour autant que je sache

as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge

Quitte à faire qch… autant …

if you are doing [sth], you might as well…; if you are doing [sth] anyway, you might as well…. =>Quitte à faire un détour, autant passer lui dire bonjour. (If we're making a detour anyway, we might as well pop in and say hello to him.)

sans pour autant

without actually, without necessarily =>Nous passerons près de Lyon, sans pour autant nous arrêter chez nos cousins. (We will be going past Lyon without stopping at our cousins' house.)

tout autant

just as much; just the same, equally =>Ton frère a tout autant le droit de choisir le programme télé. (Your brother has just as much right to choose the television programme as you do)