milli-
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From Latin mille (“thousand”), via French.
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milli-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.
- thousand
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Further reading edit
- “milli-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Danish edit
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milli-
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- “milli-” in Den Danske Ordbog
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milli-
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- → Caribbean Javanese: mili
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- “millimeter” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Estonian edit
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milli-
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- “millimeeter”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (online version, not updated, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “milli-”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish edit
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Internationalism, ultimately from Latin mille.
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milli-
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- “milli-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
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From Latin mille (“thousand”).
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milli-
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- “milli-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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milli-
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Hungarian edit
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milli-
- (noun prefix) milli-
- milli- + méter (“meter”) → milliméter (“millimeter”)
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- milliliter in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI
Icelandic edit
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milli-
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- “milli-” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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milli-
- milli- (multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3)
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- milli- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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milli-