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Middle English
- thosand, thousand, thousent, thousind, thousynd, thouzand, thowsand, thowsande, thowsaund, thowsend, thusand, þhousand, þosend, þousand, þousande, þousant, þousen, þousend, þousinde, þousond, þousynde, þouzend, þowsand, þowsant, þowzand
- (early) ðhusant, ðusent, þusand, þusen, þusend, þusennde, þusent, þusund, þusunt
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī; some forms are remodelled on the participial ending -and.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθuːzɛnd/, /ˈθuːzand/
Numeral
thousend
- A thousand; 1000.
- A very large number; zillions.
Usage notes
Much like modern English thousand, thousend often needs a determiner preceding it.
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
thousend
- A thousandth.
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