mil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mil"

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English

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, plural "mil") Abbreviation of million.
   • 2009, Bob Frey, The DVD Murders (page 39)

     The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.

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

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

See also

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

Anagrams

• -lim-, ILM, Lim, MLI

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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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 Middle Breton mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Welsh mil), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal””).

Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ‎‎ (māł, “livestock”), Dutch maal (“calf”).

Noun

mil ? (plural miled)

1. (rare) animal

Synonyms

• aneval
• loen

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmil/
• Rhymes: -il

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

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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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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mil (“thousand”).

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mil m

1. honey

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

mil

1. mile, unit of length of varying value

Declension

Declension of mil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mil	milen	mil	milene
genitive	mils	milens	mils	milenes

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Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : mila     Adverbial : mile     Multiplier : milobla     Fractional : milona

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mille.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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Estonian

Conjunction

mil

1. Clipping of millal.
2. when

   Kord tuleb päev, mil tuleb minna.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adverb

mil

1. Clipping of 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

Further reading

• “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

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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

Ido cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milesma     Adverbial : milfoye     Multiplier : milopla     Fractional : milima

Etymology

From Esperanto mil, from French mille, Italian mille, Spanish mil, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲɪlʲ/

Noun

mil f (genitive singular 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

Derived terms

Terms derived from mil

• beach mheala (“honeybee”)
• broc meala (“ratel, honey badger”)
• ceo meala (“honey dew”)

• cíor mheala, criathar meala, faighin mheala (“honeycomb”)
• cuinneog mheala (“honeycomb cell”)
• drúcht meala (“honey-dew”)

• faireog mheala (“nectary”)
• lus na meala (“balm”)
• mí na meala (“honeymoon”)

Mutation

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

References

• "mil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

• “mil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Kurdish

Noun

mil ?

1. shoulder
2. neck

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis.

Noun

mil ? (plural [please provide])

1. honey

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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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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla

Noun

mil m, f (definite singular mila or milen, indefinite plural mil, definite plural milene)

1. (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
2. gammel norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
3. engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.

Derived terms

• nautisk mil
• sjømil

References

• “mil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla

Noun

mil m, f (definite singular mila, indefinite plural mil, definite plural milene)

1. (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
2. gammal norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
3. engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.

Derived terms

• nautisk mil
• sjømil

References

• “mil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) (a) thousand

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Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīlia, plural of the numeral mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːl/

Noun

mīl f

1. mile

Descendants

• Middle English: myle, mile
  • Scots: mile
  • English: mile

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Old French

Numeral

mil

1. Alternative form of mile (“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/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiw/

Adjective

mil m, f

1. one thousand; a thousand; 1000
2. (somewhat poetic) thousands of (very many)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mil.

Synonyms

• (very many): milhares de, um milhão de

Related terms

• milhar

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: miili

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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 singular mealach)

1. honey

Related terms

• mìlseachd

Mutation

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

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “mil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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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

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Cardinal : mil     Ordinal : milésimo

Etymology

From Old Spanish mil, mill, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmil/
• Rhymes: -il

Numeral

mil (plural miles)

1. (cardinal) thousand

Usage notes

• In definite numbers, the plural miles is never used:

dos mil pesos – "two thousand pesos" ($2,000)

cien mil pesos – "a hundred thousand pesos" ($100,000)

• Miles is only used in the indefinite sense:

miles de pesos – "thousands of pesos"

Related terms

• millar
• milenio

Descendants

• → Navajo: mííl
• → Taos: míl, mílą

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːl/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

mil c

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

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 mili, plural miller)

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-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Breton mil), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal””).

Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ‎ (māł, “livestock”), Dutch maal (“calf”).

Noun

mil m (plural milod)

1. animal, beast, creature
2. animal not usually consumed by man

Derived terms

• carfil m (“working beast, dray horse, clumsy animal, monster”)
• milyn (diminutive)

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.

References

• “mil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014

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Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• mill

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye

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Yapese

Verb

mil

1. to run