mille

See also Mille

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ilːe

Pronoun

mille

1. Allative singular form of mikä.
2. Allative plural form of mikä.

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French

Etymology

From Latin mīlle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mil/, SAMPA: /mil/

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Cardinal number

mille

1. thousand, a thousand, one thousand

   Presque mille enfants y habitent. — Almost a thousand children live there.

Noun

mille m. (plural mille)

1. thousand
2. mile (abbreviation mi)
3. nautical mile (short for mille nautique)

Derived terms

mille anglais millefeuille

mille marin mille nautique

Related terms

millénaire millénium milli-

millième millier million

See also

• kilo-

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Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

<  999	1000	1001   >
Cardinal : mille     Ordinal : millesimo

Etymology

From Latin mīlle

Adjective

mille m. and f. inv. (plural: mila)

1. thousand

Italian cardinal numbers

<  102	103	104   >
Cardinal : mille

Noun

mille m. (plural: mille)

1. thousand

Derived terms

millefiori millefoglie millepiedi

Milleporini millerighe millesimo

Related terms

milione millanta millenario millenne

millennio millesimato millesimale milli-

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers
• chilo-

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Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

CMXCIX	M	MI
Cardinal : mīlle     Ordinal : mīllēsimus     Adverbial : mīlliēns     Distributive : mīllenī
Latin Wikipedia article on mīlle

Alternative forms

• Symbol: M or ↀ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognates include Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khilioi) and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmiːl.le/

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Adjective

mīlle sg. (indeclinable)

1. innumerable, a vast number

Numeral

mīlle c. (plural mīlia n.); irregular

1. (cardinal) thousand; 1000
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Ezras 1:9

     et hic est numerus eorum fialae aureae triginta fialae argenteae mille cultri viginti novem scyphi aurei triginta.

     And this is their number: thirty gold fialae, a thousand silver fialae, twenty-nine knives, thirty gold cups.

Usage notes

The singular form behaves as an indeclinable adjective, but the plural behaves as a declinable noun. See Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals for additional information.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
Case \ Grammar	Adjective	Noun
nominative	mīlle	mīlia
genitive	mīlle	mīlium
dative	mīlle	mīlibus
accusative	mīlle	mīlia
ablative	mīlle	mīlibus
vocative	mīlle	mīlia

Derived terms

• mīlle passuum

Related terms

• mīlliārium
• mīlliārius
• mīllēnārius

Descendants

Aromanian: njilje Catalan: mil English: mile, million Esperanto: mil French: mille Galician: mil Ido: mil Interlingua: mille

Italian: mille Novial: mil Old English: mile Portuguese: mil Romanian: mie Spanish: mil, milla Welsh: mil

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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Tarantino

Adjective

mille

1. thousand

Cardinal number

mille

1. thousand