See also: milli, millî, and mil·li-

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From Latin mille (thousand), via French.

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SI prefix
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milli-

  1. 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.
    Example: milligram
    Antonym: kilo-
  2. thousand
    Example: millipede
    Synonym: chilia-

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  • milli-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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From Latin mille.

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milli-

  1. milli-

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From French milli-.

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milli-

  1. milli-

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  • Caribbean Javanese: mili

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  • millimeter” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

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milli-

  1. 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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  • IPA(key): /ˈmilːi-/, [ˈmilːi-]

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milli-

  1. milli-

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From Latin mille (thousand).

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milli-

  1. milli-

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milli-

  1. milli-

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  • milli-” in Duden online
  • milli-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmili]
  • Hyphenation: mil‧li

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milli-

  1. (noun prefix) milli-
    milli- + ‎méter (meter) → ‎milliméter (millimeter)

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  • milliliter in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

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milli-

  1. milli-

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milli-

  1. 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-

  1. milli-

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