millivolt

See also: milli-volt

English

Alternative forms

• milli-volt

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

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Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī

Latin mīlleder.

French milli-

English milli-

English volt

English millivolt

From milli- + volt.

Noun

millivolt (plural millivolts)

1. One thousandth (10^-3) of a volt, abbreviated as mV.
   • 2025 September 26, Grant Maloy Smith, “What Is a Strain Gauge Sensor and How Does It Work?”, in DEWESoft‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 November 2025:

     A strain is usually expressed in μm/m (micrometer per meter), also known as microstrain, which has the symbol µε. You may also see “mV/V,” which refers to the output in millivolts per volt of excitation.

French

Etymology

From milli- +‎ volt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.li.vɔlt/

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Noun

millivolt m (plural millivolts)

1. millivolt

Further reading

• “millivolt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English millivolt. By surface analysis, milli- +‎ volt.

Noun

millivolt m (invariable)

1. millivolt

Tatar

Noun

millivolt

1. millivolt

Declension

Declension of millivolt

nominative	millivolt
genitive	millivoltnıñ
dative	millivoltqa
accusative	millivoltnı
locative	millivoltta
ablative	millivolttan