millier

English

Etymology

From French millier (“a thousand, a 1000ish, 1000 kg”), from mille (“thousand”) + -ier (“-er”).

Noun

millier (plural milliers)

1. (archaic, rare) Synonym of metric ton, 1000 kg.

French

Etymology

From mille (“one thousand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.lje/

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Noun

millier m (plural milliers)

1. thousand; a number of about a thousand

   Il y avait un millier de personnes dans la foule. -- There were about a thousand people in the crowd.

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

millier oblique singular, m (oblique plural milliers, nominative singular milliers, nominative plural millier)

1. thousand; a number of about thousand.