chiliade

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- +‎ -ade.

Noun

chiliade f (plural chiliades)

1. chiliad, a group of 1000 things

References

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

Latin

Noun

chīliade

1. ablative singular of chīlias