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English

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Pronunciation

Noun

mil (plural mils)

  1. An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 16400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 16000 and 16300 are used in other countries.
  2. A unit of measurement equal to 11000 of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
  3. a former subdivision (11000) of the Maltese lira
  4. (informal, plural "mil") Abbreviation of million.
    • 2009, Bob Frey, The DVD Murders, page 39:
      The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.
    • 2010 September, Galen Gondolfi, "Idea Fun(d)", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 79:
      You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.
  5. (informal) Clipping of milliliter; mL.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Adjective

mil (not comparable)

  1. Clipping of military.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish mil, from Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milésimu

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil (indeclinable)

  1. one thousand; 1000
    mil llobosone thousand wolves
    mil vaquesone thousand cows

Usage notes

In compound numbers, mil does not inflect or change:

  • mil dosone thousand two
  • mil trenta y nueveone thousand thirty-nine
  • tres milthree thousand
  • venti miltwenty thousand

Breton

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Breton mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Cornish mil, Welsh mil, Irish míle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Etymology 2

From Middle Breton mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Welsh mil), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (small animal”).

Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, lamb), Armenian մալ (mal, sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, livestock), Dutch maal (calf).

Noun

mil m (plural miled)

  1. (rare) animal
    Synonyms: aneval, loen

Mutation

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
 ←  100  ←  900 1,000 1,000,000 (106)  → 
100
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal (Central): milè
    Ordinal (Valencian): milé
    Ordinal: mil·lèsim

Etymology

From Old Catalan mil, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (one thousand).

Pronunciation

Numeral

mil m or f

  1. (cardinal number) thousand

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

  1. thousand

Further reading

Cebuano

Cebuano numbers (edit)
10,000
[a], [b], [c] ←  100  ←  900 1,000 2,000  →  10,000  → 
100[a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: usá ka libo, libo
    Spanish cardinal: mil

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mil, from Old Spanish mil, mill, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mil

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mil (thousand).

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Noun

mil m

  1. honey

Danish

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Etymology

Borrowed through Low German, from Latin mil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."

Pronunciation

Noun

mil

  1. mile, unit of length of varying value

Declension

Derived terms

Esperanto

Esperanto numbers (edit)
 ←  100  ←  900 1,000
100
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: mila
    Adverbial: mile
    Multiplier: milobla, milopa
    Fractional: milona, milono

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlle. Doublet of mejlo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/,
  • Hyphenation: mil

Etymology 1

Clipping of millal.

Conjunction

mil

  1. when
    Kord tuleb päev, mil tuleb minna.
    There will once be a day when we have to go.

Etymology 2

Clipping of millel.

Adverb

mil (not comparable)

  1. that
    Tänaval oli auto, mil olid punased triibud.
    There was a car on the street that had red stripes.

French

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Pronunciation

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

  1. (now dialectal) millet
    Synonym: millet

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Galician

Galician numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  100  ←  900 1,000
100[a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: milésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1000º
    Fractional: milésimo
Carro
Carro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: mil

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mil, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (one thousand).

Numeral

mil (indeclinable)

  1. one thousand; 1000

Etymology 2

1474. From Vulgar Latin *medianile, from Latin mediānus. Compare the cognates mión and molo.

Alternative forms

Noun

mil m (plural miles)

  1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel
    Synonyms: mión, miúl, molo
    • 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
      Iten, preçaron hun rrodisioe dous miilles de carro em noventa maravedis
      Item, they appraised a water wheel and two wheel centers of a cart in ninety maravedis

References

  • mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • miil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • mil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • mil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • mil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “medio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Gamilaraay

Noun

mil

  1. eye

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Noun

mil

  1. thousand
  2. mile (measure of distance)

Ido

Ido numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 1,000
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: milesma
    Adverbial: milfoye
    Multiplier: milopla
    Fractional: milima

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto milFrench milleItalian milleSpanish mil, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mil.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mil
  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/,

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand
    Synonym: ribo

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch mijl, from Middle Dutch mile, ultimately from Latin mīlia.

Noun

mil (plural mil-mil, first-person possessive milku, second-person possessive milmu, third-person possessive milnya)

  1. English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km
  2. (historical) mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of distance equivalent to about 5–6 km
  3. milepost, milestone, km marker
    Synonyms: batu, pal, tonggak
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English mail, from Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (bag, wallet), from Frankish *malha (bag), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (bag, pouch), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (leather pouch).

Noun

mil (plural mil-mil, first-person possessive milku, second-person possessive milmu, third-person possessive milnya)

  1. (colloquial) mail: the material conveyed by the postal service.

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mil, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Akin to milis and blas.

Pronunciation

Noun

mil f (genitive singular meala)

  1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mil mhil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mil.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand (1000)

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Noun

mil f (uncountable)

  1. honey

References

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  999 1,000 1,001  > 
    Cardinal : mil

Etymology

Inherited from French mille (thousand).

Pronunciation

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Lule

Pronoun

mil

  1. you (plural)

References

  • Antonio Maccioni / Machoni, Arte y vocabulario de la lengua lule y tonocoté (1732)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مِيل (mīl).

Pronunciation

Noun

mil m (dual milejn, plural mjiel or mili)

  1. mile

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German mül, müle, from Old High German mulī, mulin, from Proto-Germanic *mulīnō, *mulīnaz, from Late Latin molīnum (mill). Cognate with German Mühle, English mill.

Noun

mil f

  1. mill

References

Ngiyambaa

Noun

mil

  1. (anatomy) eye

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mil ?

  1. arm
  2. shoulder
  3. neck

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla.

Noun

mil m or f (definite singular mila or milen, indefinite plural mil, definite plural milene)

  1. (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
  2. gammel norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
  3. engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla.

Noun

mil f (definite singular mila, indefinite plural mil, definite plural milene)

  1. (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
  2. gammal norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
  3. engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.

Usage notes

Indefinite plural miler was made non-standard by the spelling reform of 2012.

Derived terms

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Related terms

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 648.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlia, plural of the numeral mīlle.

Pronunciation

Noun

mīl f

  1. mile

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: myle, mile

Old French

Numeral

mil

  1. Alternative form of mile (thousand)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meli n, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit.

Noun

mil f (genitive melo)

  1. honey
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
      Hi sunt tra ↄ·ricc frissa lind serb in chúrsactha lase foruillecta beóil in chalich di mil cosse anall...
      Herein, then, he comes into contact with the bitter drink of the reproval, when the lips of the chalice have hitherto been smeared with honey...

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mil
Vocative mil
Accusative milN
Genitive meloH, melaH
Dative milL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mil
also mmil after a proclitic
mil
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mil and Portuguese mil and Kabuverdianu mil.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand (1000)

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl milpan.

Noun

mil

  1. cornfield

Further reading

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  100  ←  900 1,000 10,000  →  1,000,000 (106)  → 
100[a], [b]
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: milésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1000.º
    Fractional: milésimo, mil avos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mil, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (one thousand).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: mil

Adjective

mil m or f

  1. one thousand; a thousand; 1000
  2. (somewhat poetic) thousands of (very many)
    Synonyms: milhares de, um milhão de

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.

Related terms

Descendants

Romanian

Noun

mil n (plural miluri)

  1. Obsolete form of milă.

Declension

References

  • mil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mil (genitive mela), from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Welsh mêl, Cornish mill, Breton mel, Latin mel, Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

Pronunciation

Noun

mil f (genitive singular mealach or meala, plural mealan)

  1. honey

Related terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mil mhil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “mil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ. Cognate with Polish miły.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mȋl (comparative milȇjši, superlative nȁjmilȇjši)

  1. kind
  2. dear

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. míl míla mílo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative míl ind
míli def
míla mílo
genitive mílega míle mílega
dative mílemu míli mílemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
mílo mílo
locative mílem míli mílem
instrumental mílim mílo mílim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative míla míli míli
genitive mílih mílih mílih
dative mílima mílima mílima
accusative míla míli míli
locative mílih mílih mílih
instrumental mílima mílima mílima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative míli míle míla
genitive mílih mílih mílih
dative mílim mílim mílim
accusative míle míle míla
locative mílih mílih mílih
instrumental mílimi mílimi mílimi

Further reading

  • mil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
10,000
[a], [b] ←  100  ←  900 1,000 2,000  →  10,000  → 
100[a], [b]
    Cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: milésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1000.º
    Fractional: milésimo

Etymology

From Old Spanish mil or Old Spanish mill, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (one thousand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: mil

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Usage notes

  • When pluralized as a specific number, the form mil is still used:
    dos mil pesostwo thousand pesos
    cien mil pesosone hundred thousand pesos

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Noun

mil m (plural miles)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) thousand (1000 units of something) (usually in an indefinite sense)
    Gané muchos miles de dólares.
    I earned many thousands of dollars

Further reading

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed through Low German, from Latin mil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."

Pronunciation

Noun

mil c

  1. (after 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters
    Synonyms: nymil, myriameter
    • 2020 February 19, Maria Dahlin, “Sverige prisas för 2+1-väg [Sweden is praised for 2+1 road]”, in Vi bilägare:
      IRAP rekommenderar nu bland annat Indien och Mexiko att bygga 2+1-vägar och tar som exempel att 93.000 liv skulle kunna räddas på 20 år i Indien om 1.750 mil mötesväg gjordes om till 2+1-väg.
      IRAP is now recommending countries like India and Mexico to build 2+1 roads and cites an example that 93,000 lives could be saved over 20 years in India if 17,500 kilometres of two-way roads were converted to 2+1 roads.
      (literally, “1,750 miles”)
  2. (between 1699 and 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,688.54 meters
    Synonym: landmil

Declension

Declension of mil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mil milen mil milen
Genitive mils milens mils milens

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers (edit)
10,000
 ←  100  ←  900 1,000 1,100  →  2,000  → 
100
    Cardinal: sanlibo
    Spanish cardinal: mil
    Ordinal: ikalibo, panlibo, ikasanlibo, pansanlibo
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-1000, pang-1000
    Adverbial: makalibo, makalilibo, makasanlibo
    Multiplier: sanlibong ibayo
    Distributive: libo-libo, panlibo, tigsanlibo, sanlibuhan, sanli-sanlibo
    Collective: libo
    Restrictive: sasanlibo
    Fractional: kasanlibo, sangkasanlibo, ikasanlibo, saikasanlibo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mil, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mil
  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/,

Numeral

mil (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. thousand
    Synonym: libo

Related terms

Further reading

  • mil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tatar

Noun

mil

  1. (archaic) a unit of length: 1 mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km (see Obsolete Tatar units of measurement)

Declension

Turkish

Pronunciation

Noun

mil (definite accusative mili, plural miller)

  1. mile (measure of length)

Volapük

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Vurës

Etymology

Borrowed from French mille, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

Noun

mil

  1. One thousand vatu (currency of Vanuatu).

References

  1. ^ Catriona Malau (September 2021), “mil”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 121

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Breton mil), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (small animal”).

Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, lamb), Armenian մալ (mal, sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, livestock), Dutch maal (calf).

Noun

mil m (plural milod)

  1. animal, beast, creature
  2. vermin (animal not normally eaten by people)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Cornish mil, Breton mil, Irish míle.

Numeral

mil f (plural miloedd)

  1. (cardinal number) one thousand
Related terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mil fil unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter MIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Noun

mil

  1. (anatomy) eye

Yagara

Noun

mil

  1. eye

References

Yapese

Verb

mil

  1. to run