millar

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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.
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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
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References

  • “millar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “millar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “millar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “millar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “millar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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) /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

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Swedish

Noun

millar

  1. indefinite plural of mille
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