mil

See also: mil., .mil, mîl, míl, and mīl

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 (de) m, artillerischer Strich m

• Russian: мил m (mil) (mil=¹⁄₆₀₀₀)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl/

Etymology 1

From Latin mīlia.

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl), 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: -il

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

From Latin mille.

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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Estonian

Conjunction

mil

1. Short for millal.
2. when

   Kord tuleb päev, mil tuleb minna.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adverb

mil

1. Short for millel.
2. what

   Tänaval oli auto, mil olid punased triibud.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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French

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/, /mij/

Noun

mil m (plural mils)

1. (now dialectal) millet

Synonyms

• millet

External links

• “mil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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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 (méli). 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 ?

1. shoulder
2. neck

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis.

Noun

mil ? (please provide plural)

1. honey

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Lojban

Rafsi

mil

1. rafsi of milti.

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Lule

Pronoun

mil

1. you (plural)

References

• Antonio Maccioni / Machoni, Arte y vocabulario de la lengua lule y tonocoté (1732)

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Ngiyambaa

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye

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Novial

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) (a) thousand

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin mīlla, plural of the numeral mīlle.

Noun

mīl f

1. mile

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mile

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

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 Old Portuguese mil, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɫ/

Numeral

mil m, f

1. thousand

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: miili

Adjective

mil

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

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

Noun

mil f (genitive mealach, plural [[#Scottish Gaelic|]])

1. honey

Related terms

• mìlseachd

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *milъ. Cognate with Polish miły.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmíːl/
• Tonal orthography: mȋl

Adjective

míl (comparative milêjši, superlative nàjmilêjši)

1. kind
2. dear

Declension

Declension of míl (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míl ind míli def	míla	mílo
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	mílo	mílo
genitive	mílega	míle	mílega
dative	mílemu	míli	mílemu
locative	mílem	míli	mílem
instrumental	mílim	mílo	mílim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míla	míli	míli
accusative	míla	míli	míli
genitive	mílih	mílih	mílih
dative	mílima	mílima	mílima
locative	mílih	mílih	mílih
instrumental	mílima	mílima	mílima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	míli	míle	míla
accusative	míle	míle	míla
genitive	mílih	mílih	mílih
dative	mílim	mílim	mílim
locative	mílih	mílih	mílih
instrumental	mílimi	mílimi	mílimi

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Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers

999	1000	1001
Cardinal : mil

Etymology

From Old Spanish mil, mill, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/
• Rhymes: -il

Numeral

mil (plural miles)

1. (cardinal) thousand

Related terms

• millar
• milenio

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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. (archaic) a unit of length: 1 mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km (see Obsolete Tatar units of measurement)

Declension

    declension of mil

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

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmil/

Noun

mil (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

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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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 (mêlon, “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”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mil	fil	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• mill

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye