thousand one
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- (US) thousand one, one thousand one, a thousand one
- (UK) thousand and one, one thousand and one, a thousand and one
[edit] Cardinal number
thousand one
- Arabic numerals: 1001
- Roman numerals: MI
- Last: thousand, 1000
- Next: thousand two, 1002
- (US) One thousand plus one.
- (informal) The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is thousandth; usually called thousand-first (US) or thousand-and-first (UK) but sometimes number thousand one (US) or number thousand and one (UK).
- (informal usage) A great number.
- Example: I have a thousand and one things to do today.
[edit] Translations
- French: (1) mille un; (2) mille et unième , (for things in a sequence, such as pages) mille un, (exception: The Thousand and One Nights: Les Mille et Une Nuits); (3) mille et un m., mille et une f.
- Italian: (1) mille uno; (2) millunesimo m., millunesima f., (for things in a sequence, such as pages) mille uno
[edit] Noun
thousand one
- The figure 1001

