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Webster 1913 Edition
Mile
Mile
(mīl)
, Noun.
[AS.
mīl
, fr. L. millia
, milia
; pl. of mille
a thousand, i. e., milia passuum
a thousand paces. Cf. Mill
the tenth of a cent, Million
.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
☞ The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094.
Geographical mile
or Nautical mile
one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
– Mile run
. Same as
– Train mile
. See under Train
. Roman mile
, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure.
– Statute mile
, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mile
MILE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
míle
míle
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːlʲə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish míle, from Latin mīlia.
Numeral
míle m (genitive míle, plural mílte)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“mile”) (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short form of mīlle passūs (“a thousand paces”)).
Noun
míle m (genitive singular míle, nominative plural mílte)
Declension
Declension of míle
Fourth declension
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Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| míle | mhíle | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||