mil

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • Homophone: mill

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, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
  3. a former subdivision (1/1000) 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.

Translations

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Anagrams


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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːl/

Etymology 1

From Latin mīlia.

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 ? (plural miled)

  1. (rare) animal
Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (one thousand).

Pronunciation

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milè
Catalan Wikipedia article on mil

mil m or f

  1. thousand

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

  1. thousand

Further reading


Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mil

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mil.


Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mil (thousand).

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mil m

  1. honey

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

mil

  1. mile, unit of length of varying value

Declension


Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : mila
    Adverbial : mile
    Multiplier : milobla
    Fractional : milona

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mil/
  • (file)

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Estonian

Conjunction

mil

  1. Clipping of millal.
  2. when
    Kord tuleb päev, mil tuleb minna.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adverb

mil

  1. Clipping of millel.
  2. what
    Tänaval oli auto, mil olid punased triibud.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

French

Etymology

From Latin milium, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mil/, /mij/
  • (file)

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

  1. (now dialectal) millet

Synonyms

Further reading


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Galician

Galician cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milésimo
Carro
Carro

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/

Numeral

mil (indeclinable)

  1. one thousand; 1000

Etymology 2

1474. From Vulgar Latin *medianile, from Latin medianus. Compare the cognates mión and molo.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/

Noun

mil m (plural miles)

  1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel
    • 1474, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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
    Synonyms: mión, miúl, molo

References

  • mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • miil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • 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. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. medio.

Gamilaraay

Noun

mil

  1. eye

Ido

Ido cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milesma
    Adverbial : milfoye
    Multiplier : milopla
    Fractional : milima

Etymology

From Esperanto mil, from French mille, Italian mille, Spanish mil, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mil/

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand.

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

  • IPA(key): /mʲɪlʲ/

Noun

mil f (genitive singular meala)

  1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

  • beach mheala (honeybee)
  • broc meala (ratel, honey badger)
  • ceo meala (honey dew)
  • cíor mheala, criathar meala, faighin mheala (honeycomb)
  • cuinneog mheala (honeycomb cell)
  • drúcht meala (honey-dew)
  • faireog mheala (nectary)
  • lus na meala (balm)
  • mí na meala (honeymoon)

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.

References

  • mil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mil.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand (1000)

Kurdish

Noun

mil ?

  1. arm
  2. shoulder
  3. neck

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis.

Noun

mil ? (plural [please provide])

  1. honey

Lule

Pronoun

mil

  1. you (plural)

References

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

Ngiyambaa

Noun

mil

  1. (anatomy) eye

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Etymology

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla

Noun

mil m or 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.

Derived terms

References


Novial

Numeral

mil

  1. (a) thousand

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

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

  • IPA(key): /miːl/

Noun

mīl f

  1. mile

Descendants


Old French

Numeral

mil

  1. Alternative form of mile (thousand)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mil and Portuguese mil and Kabuverdianu mil.

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand (1000)

Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milésimo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on mil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

mil m or f

  1. one thousand; a thousand; 1000
  2. (somewhat poetic) thousands of (very many)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mil.

Synonyms

Descendants


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).

Noun

mil f (genitive singular mealach)

  1. honey

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
milmhil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • mil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmíːl/
  • Tonal orthography: mȋl

Adjective

míl (comparative milêjši, superlative nàjmilêjši)

  1. kind
  2. dear

Declension


Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  999 1000 1001  > 
    Cardinal : mil
    Ordinal : milésimo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Numeral

mil (plural miles)

  1. thousand

Usage notes

  • In definite numbers, the plural miles is never used:
dos mil pesos – "two thousand pesos" ($2,000)
cien mil pesos – "a hundred thousand pesos" ($100,000)
  • Miles is only used in the indefinite sense:
miles de pesos – "thousands of pesos"

Descendants


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːl/
  • (file)

Noun

mil c

  1. (After 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters
  2. (Between 1699 and 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,688.54 meters.

Declension

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

Synonyms


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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmil/

Noun

mil (definite accusative mili, plural miller)

  1. mile (measure of length)


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Volapük

Numeral

mil

  1. thousand

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːl/

Etymology 1

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. animal not usually consumed by man
Derived terms
  • carfil m (working beast, dray horse, clumsy animal, monster)
  • milyn (diminutive)

Etymology 2

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil f (plural miloedd)

  1. thousand
  • mil blynyddoedd (millennium)

Mutation

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

References

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), chapter MIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

Noun

mil

  1. (anatomy) eye

Yapese

Verb

mil

  1. to run
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