millennium
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From post-classical Latin millennium, from Latin mīlle (“thousand”) + -ennium (from annus (“year”)).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/
Noun [edit]
millennium (plural millennia or millenniums)
- A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
- (Christianity) The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
- 1911, Saki, ‘Tobermory’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- An archangel ecstatically proclaiming the Millennium, and then finding that it clashed unpardonably with Henley and would have to be indefinitely postponed, could hardly have felt more crestfallen than Cornelius Appin at the reception of his wonderful achievement.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:
- Conrad's later years unfolded in the shadow of the coming Millennium, when the end of the world was forecast.
- 1911, Saki, ‘Tobermory’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 318:
- But the aggressive members of society are always tending to become bullies, robbers, and swindlers; and no one believes that sucha state of things as we now live in is the millennium.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 318:
- (with definite article) The year 2000.
Translations [edit]
thousand-year period
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Christianity: the 1000 year reign of Christ
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period of universal happiness
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year 2000
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Derived terms [edit]
Danish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /milɛniɔm/, [miˈlɛnˀiɔm]
Noun [edit]
millennium n (singular definite millenniet, plural indefinite millennier)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of millennium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | millennium | millenniet | millennier | millennierne |
| genitive | millenniums | millenniets | millenniers | millenniernes |
Synonyms [edit]
External links [edit]
Millennium on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
millennium n (plural millennia, diminutive milleniumtje)
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
millennium (genitive millenniī); n, second declension
Inflection [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
millennium n
- a millennium, a period of one thousand years
Declension [edit]
Declension of millennium
| singular | plural | |||
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| Neuter | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | millennium | millenniet | millennier | millennierna |
| genitive | millenniums | millenniets | millenniers | millenniernas |