/mil/

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Translation

thousand

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Word origin

From Latin mille ('thousand'). The same root gave million and the metric prefix milli-.

Origin
Latin
Root
mille
English cognates
mile, million, millennium

Examples

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The ticket costs a thousand pesos.

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I have a thousand things to do today.

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Thanks a million for your help.

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We walked nearly a thousand kilometres last summer.

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He received a thousand apologies but no clear explanation.

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 5: mil, dólar, sentido and 7 more words.