English

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 **** of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• ILM
• MLI

Asturian

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

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, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom.

Noun

mil ? ‎(plural miled)

1. (rare) animal

Synonyms

• aneval
• loen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -il

Numeral

mil m, f

1. (cardinal) thousand

Noun

mil m ‎(plural mils)

1. thousand

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mil m

1. honey

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin mille.

Pronunciation

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

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)

French

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/, /mij/

Noun

mil m ‎(plural mils)

1. (now dialectal) millet

Synonyms

• millet

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

Galician

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil ‎(indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) one thousand; 1000

Gamilaraay

Noun

mil

1. eye

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand.

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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.

Kurdish

Noun

mil ?

1. shoulder
2. neck

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis.

Noun

mil ? ‎(plural [please provide])

1. honey

Lojban

Rafsi

mil

1. rafsi of milti.

Lule

Pronoun

mil

1. you (plural)

References

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

Ngiyambaa

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye

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.

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.

Novial

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) (a) thousand

Old English

Noun

mīl f

1. mile

Old French

Alternative forms

• mile

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mil

1. one thousand

Portuguese

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:mil.

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: miili

Related terms

• milhar

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

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 0 901771 92 9
• “mil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mil, mill, from Latin mīlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/
• 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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːl/

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)

Tatar

Noun

mil

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

Declension

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmil/

Noun

mil ‎(definite accusative mili, plural miller)

1. mile (measure of length)

Volapük

Numeral

mil

1. (cardinal) thousand

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom.

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

References

• “mil” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

• mill

Noun

mil

1. (anatomy) eye

Yapese

Verb

mil

1. to run