millar

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word millar. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word millar, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say millar in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word millar you have here. The definition of the word millar will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmillar, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Millar

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1300, from Medieval Latin milliaris. Cognate with Portuguese milhar and Spanish millar.

Pronunciation

Noun

millar m (plural millares)

  1. a thousand
    • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 48:
      Sabean todos que eu Maria Peres, filla de Pero Ares, mareante, morador ẽna villa de Pontevedra, que soo presente, confeso et outorgo que devo et ey de dar et pagar a vos Ares Garçia de Rajoo, mercador, vesiño da dita villa, que sodes presente, dose millares de sardiña arenquada, boa et merchante
    Synonyms: mil, milleiro, millenta
  2. (archaic) mile
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 160:
      Et tornãdo aqueles passos em estados, et os estados em millares, et os millares em legoas, acharedes y em cada quadra, segũdo esta conta, sete legoas et media, et [ẽnas] quatro quadras [trijnta] legoas; et por esta conta de çerto he que ouvo aquela çidade de [Babilonja trijnta] legoas ẽno çirco aderredor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese millar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from millo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Noun

millar m (plural millares)

  1. millet field
    Synonym: millaria

References

Middle English

Noun

millar

  1. Alternative form of mylnere

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīliāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /miˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /miˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /miˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /miˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mi‧llar

Noun

millar m (plural millares)

  1. a unit or group of one thousand
  2. a thousandish
  3. a large, indeterminate number

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

millar

  1. indefinite plural of mille