mil

See also mil., .mil, mîl, and míl

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Homophone: mill

Noun

mil (plural mils)

1. An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.
2. A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ 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) Abbreviation of million.
   • 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

angular mil

• Finnish: piiru (=¹⁄₆₀₀₀)
• French: millième (fr) m

• German: Strich m, artillerischer Strich m
• Russian: мил (mil=¹⁄₆₀₀₀) m

See also

• degree, deg
• radian, rad
• grad
• second
• minute
• for abbreviation, see mil.
• mil-dot

Anagrams

• ILM
• MLI

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milésimu

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) one thousand; 1000

   mil llobos — one thousand wolves

   mil vaques — one thousand cows

Usage notes

In compound numbers, mil does not inflect or change:

• mil dos — "one thousand two"
• mil trenta y nueve — "one thousand thirty-nine"
• tres mil — "three thousand"
• venti mil — "twenty thousand"

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Breton

Etymology 1

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) a thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l-.

Noun

mil (plural miled)

1. (rare) animal

Synonyms

• aneval
• loen

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iɫ

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milè
Catalan Wikipedia article on mil

mil m, f

1. (cardinal) thousand

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

1. thousand

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mil m

1. honey

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Esperanto

Etymology

Latin mille.

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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Estonian

Conjunction

mil (short form of millal)

1. when

   Kord tuleb päev, mil tuleb minna.

Adverb

mil (short form of millel)

1. what

   Tänaval oli auto, mil olid punased triibud.

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French

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mil/, /mij/

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

1. (now dialectal) millet

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Galician

Galician cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milésimo

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) one thousand; 1000

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Gamilaraay

Noun

mil

1. eye

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Ido

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mil, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (meli). Akin to milis and blas.

Noun

mil f (genitive meala)

1. honey

Declension

Declension of mil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative mil Vocative a mhil Genitive meala Dative mil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mhil Genitive na meala Dative leis an mil don mhil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mil	mhil	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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Kurdish

Noun

mil gender unspecified

1. shoulder
2. neck

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Lojban

Rafsi

mil

1. rafsi of milti.

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Old English

Etymology

West Germanic [[milja#Template:gmw|

• milja]], from Latin milla, plural of the numeral mille.

Noun

mīl f

1. mile

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mile

Etymology

Latin mille

Numeral

mil

1. one thousand

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Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milésimo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on mil

Etymology

From Latin mīlle

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmiɫ/

Numeral

mil m and f

1. A thousand

Adjective

mil

1. thousands (of) (very many things or people)

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A thousand.

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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, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

Noun

mil f (genitive mealach)

1. honey

Related terms

• mìlseachd

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Slovene

Adjective

mil

1. kind
2. dear

Declension

Declension of mil (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mil ind mili def	mila	milo
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	milo	milo
genitive	milega	mile	milega
dative	milemu	mili	milemu
locative	milem	mili	milem
instrumental	milim	milo	milim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mila	mili	mili
accusative	mila	mili	mili
genitive	milih	milih	milih
dative	milima	milima	milima
locative	milih	milih	milih
instrumental	milima	milima	milima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mili	mile	mila
accusative	mile	mile	mila
genitive	milih	milih	milih
dative	milim	milim	milim
locative	milih	milih	milih
instrumental	milimi	milimi	milimi

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Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil

Etymology

From Old Spanish mil, mill, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mil/
• Rhymes: -il

Numeral

mil (plural miles)

1. (cardinal) thousand

Related terms

• millar
• milenio

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /miːl/

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Noun

mil c

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

Synonyms

• nymil (1)
• myriameter (1)
• landmil (2)

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Tatar

Noun

mil

1. A unit of length: 1 mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km (geographical mile) (archaic). [1]

Declension

    declension of mil

Nominative	mil
Genitive	milnıñ
Dative	milga
Accusative	milnı
Locative	milda
Ablative	mildan

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmil/

Noun

mil

1. mile (measure of length)

This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at mile. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mil in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) September 2009

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Volapük

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye

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Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Breton mil, Cornish myl, Irish míol), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mẽlon, “sheep”)).

Noun

mil m (plural milod) 

1. animal

Etymology 2

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil f (plural miloedd)

1. (cardinal) thousand

Related terms

• mil blynyddoedd (“millennium”)

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Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• mill

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye