milha
English
Etymology
From Portuguese milha (“Portuguese mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Doublet of mile and milla.
Noun
milha (plural milhas)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the league used.
Synonyms
- Portuguese mile, mile (Portuguese contexts)
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”).
Noun
milha m (plural milhas)
- mile (customary unit derived from the Roman mile)
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ʎɐ/
- Rhymes: -iʎɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧lha
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia,[1][2] plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.
Noun
milha f (plural milhas)
- (historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league
- English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km
Derived terms
- milha aérea
- milha imperial
- milha marítima
- milha náutica
- milha romana
- milha terrestre
- milhagem
- pôr-se a milhas
Related terms
Etymology 2
From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).
Noun
milha f (uncountable)
Related terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
milha
- inflection of milhar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- ^ “milha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “milha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025