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Webster 1913 Edition


Millier


Milˊlier′

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
mille
thousand.]
A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.

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millier

millier

English

Noun

millier (plural milliers)

  1. A weight of the metric system, equal to one million grams; a metric ton.

French

Etymology

From mille (one thousand).

Pronunciation

Noun

millier m (plural milliers)

  1. 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.

Old French

Noun

millier m (oblique plural milliers, nominative singular milliers, nominative plural millier)

  1. thousand; a number of about thousand.