millénaire
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin millēnārius.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmillénaire (plural millénaires)
- millennial, thousand-year-old
Noun
editmillénaire m (plural millénaires)
- millennium (thousand years)
- 1994, Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte [Extension of the Field of Struggle]:
- Et peu à peu le visage de la mort apparaît, dans toute sa splendeur. Le troisième millénaire s’annonce bien.
- And little by little the face of death appears, in all its splendour. The third millennium is looking good.
Further reading
edit- “millénaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editAlternative forms
edit- millénaithe (Jersey)
Etymology
editFrom Latin millēnārius.
Noun
editmillénaire m (plural millénaires)
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