milli- en · X
Pronunciation
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- /ˈmɪlɪ/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- From Latin mille (“thousand”), via French.
Meanings
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(morpheme) 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
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(morpheme) thousand
Example: millipede
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Translations (43)
uk мілі- (prefix) · sh mili- (prefix) · pt mili- (prefix) · gd mili- (prefix) · hi सहस्रि- (prefix) · ne सहस्रि- (prefix) · gl mili- (prefix) · tr mili- (prefix) · ru милли- (prefix) · vi mi-li (prefix) · ca mil·li- (prefix) · th มิลลิ- (prefix) · yi מילי־ (prefix) · be мілі- (prefix) · hu milli- (prefix) · id mili- (prefix) · izh milli- (prefix) · sl mili- (prefix) · is milli- (prefix) · it milli- (prefix) · tl kalibo- (prefix) · fr milli- (prefix) · pl mili- (prefix) · cmn 毫- (prefix) · mg mili- (prefix) · lv mili- (prefix) · de milli- (prefix) · sv milli- (prefix) · fi milli- (prefix) · bg мили- (prefix) · mr सहस्रि- (prefix) · lt mili- (prefix) · ro mili- (prefix) · cs mili- (prefix) · sq mili- (prefix) · ms mili- (prefix) · sk mili- (prefix) · et milli- (prefix) · es mili- (prefix) · el χιλιοστό- (prefix) · nl milli- (prefix) · ga mili- (prefix) · ja ミリ- (prefix)