mile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 References 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 French 3.1 Noun 4 Romanian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

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Wikipedia

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Old English mīl, from a Germanic borrowing of Latin mīlia, mīllia, plural of mīle, mīlle ‘mile’ (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short form of mille passus ‘a thousand paces’). Cognate with Dutch mijl, German Meile.

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• IPA: /maɪl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪl

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mile (plural miles)

1. A unit of measure (length or distance) equal to 5,280 feet (8 furlongs) in the U.S.Customary/Imperial system of measurements. One mile is equal to 1.609344 km. ^[1]
2. A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m).
3. A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race.

   The runners competed in the mile.

4. (slang) A great distance.

   The shot missed by a mile.

5. (informal) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

   five miles over the speed limit

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mileage milepost milestone miles per gallon mpg

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• Notes:

1. ^ http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm

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Wikipedia ^da

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• IPA: /miːlə/, [ˈmiːlə]

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mile c. (singular definite milen, plural indefinite miler)

1. dune
2. charcoal stack
3. atomic pile

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mile m. (plural miles)

1. mile

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• IPA: [ˈmile]

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mile f. pl.

1. Plural form of milă.