le
/mi.lje/
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
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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