mila
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mila"
Basque
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Cardinal: mila Ordinal: milagarren Fractional: milaren |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mila/ [mi.la]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /miʎa/ [mi.ʎa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ila, -a
- Rhymes: -iʎa, -a
- Hyphenation: mi‧la
Numeral
mila
- a thousand
Derived terms
Gamilaraay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mila/
Noun
mila
References
- (2015) Ma Gamilaraay
Gurindji
Noun
mila
References
- Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
Italian
Alternative forms
- milia (dated, archaic)
Pronunciation
Numeral
mila
- plural of mille (“one thousand”)
Usage notes
- Used instead of mille when it is modified by another number, often univerbated unless the modifier is not spelled as a word.
- due mila ― two thousand
- duemila (prefered spelling) ― two thousand
- 2 mila (when modifier is spelled using digits, or similar) ― 2 thousand
- Used instead of mille when modified by another plural determiner, often to emphasize that it is a large number (not necessarily greater than or equal to 1000.)
- 1622, Tommaso Campanella, Dispregio della morte:
- e quanti mila n'ha una stella sola.
- and how many of them does a single star have.
- (literally, “and how many thousands of them does a single star have.”)
- Used instead of mille after NUMERO e più (“NUMBER and more”), with the meaning of "(roughly,) more than NUMBER thousand".
- 1821, Francesco Vigilio Barbacovi, Memorie storiche particolari della Naunia, page 107:
- contiene oggidì la popolazione di quaranta e più mila anime.
- nowadays, it has a population of at least fourty thousand souls.
- (literally, “it contains, nowaydays, the population of fourty and more thousand souls.”)
References
- ^ mila in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
- mila in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mila in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Anagrams
Kaurna
Number
mila
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
mila m or f
- definite feminine singular of mil
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mila f
- definite singular of mil
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiː.lɑ/
Noun
mīla
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of mīl
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mīliju.
Noun
mīla f
Descendants
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German mīle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: mi‧la
- Homophone: Mila
Noun
mila f (related adjective milowy)
- mile (unit of measure)
Declension
Declension of mila
Further reading
- mila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmila]
Noun
mila
- definite nominative/accusative singular of milă
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
mila (Cyrillic spelling мила)
- inflection of mio:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmila/ [ˈmi.la]
- Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: mi‧la
Noun
mila f (plural milas)
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
mila class IX (plural mila class X)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280 Nr. 2646
Swedish
Etymology
Old Swedish mila, same as Norwegian mila, Danish mile, Middle Low German mile, German Meiler, of unknown origin.
Noun
mila c
- a charcoal stack, an earth kiln
- 1915, Dan Andersson, “Jag väntar...”, in Kolvaktarens visor:
- Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida
- I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | mila | milas |
definite | milan | milans | |
plural | indefinite | milor | milors |
definite | milorna | milornas |
Synonyms
References
Anagrams
Xhosa
Verb
-mila?
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.