Kilo Lingo

le

masculine

/mi.lje/

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Translation

thousand, about a thousand

Word origin

From mille ('thousand'), from Latin mille, with the collective suffix -ier.

Origin
Latin
Root
mille
English cognates
mile, million

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralmilliers

Examples

au .

Thousands of people attended the concert.

spectateurs .

There were about a thousand spectators in the hall.

'.

The town has several thousand inhabitants.

' migrent .

Thousands of birds migrate south every autumn.

vendu 'exemplaires.

This book was sold in thousands of copies.

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This word is part of lesson 29.