millénaire

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin millēnārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.le.nɛʁ/
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Adjective

millénaire (plural millénaires)

  1. millennial, thousand-year-old

Noun

millénaire m (plural millénaires)

  1. millennium (thousand years)
    • 1994, Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte [Extension of the Field of Struggle]:
      Et peu à peu le visage de la mort apparaît, dans toute sa splendeur. Le troisième millénaire s’annonce bien.
      And little by little the face of death appears, in all its splendour. The third millennium is looking good.

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

  • millénaithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Latin millēnārius.

Noun

millénaire m (plural millénaires)

  1. (France) millennium