millier
English edit
Etymology edit
From French millier (“a thousand, a 1000ish, 1000 kg”), from mille (“thousand”) + -ier (“-er”).
Noun edit
millier (plural milliers)
- (archaic, rare) Synonym of metric ton, 1000 kg.
French edit
Etymology edit
From mille (“one thousand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
millier m (plural milliers)
- thousand; a number of about a thousand
- Il y avait un millier de personnes dans la foule. -- There were about a thousand people in the crowd.
Further reading edit
- “millier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Noun edit
millier oblique singular, m (oblique plural milliers, nominative singular milliers, nominative plural millier)
- thousand; a number of about thousand.