milha
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.
Noun edit
milha (plural milhas)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
Synonyms edit
- Portuguese mile, mile (Portuguese contexts)
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Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”).
Noun edit
milha m (plural milhas)
- mile (customary unit derived from the Roman mile)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iʎɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧lha
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia,[1][2] plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.
Noun edit
milha f (plural milhas)
- (historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league
- English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km
- Synonyms: milha imperial, milha terrestre
- Coordinate terms: pé, jarda
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Etymology 2 edit
From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).
Noun edit
milha f (uncountable)
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
milha
- inflection of milhar:
References edit
- ^ “milha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “milha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.