milli-

See also: milli, millî, and mil·li-

English

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

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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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Prefix

SI prefix

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milli-

2. 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

   Antonym: kilo-

4. thousand

   Example: millipede

   Synonym: chilia-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with milli- (thousandth)

milliammeter

milliamp

milliamperage

milliampere

milliangstrom

milliarcsec

milliarcsecond

milliare

millibar

millibarn

millibecquerel

millibitcoin

milliblatt

millicalorie

millicandela

millicharged

millicoin

millicore

millicoulomb

millicpu

milliCrab

millicurie

millicycle

millidarcy

millidarwin

millidegree

millidyne

millieinstein

millielectronvolt

milliequivalent

millifarad

millifluidic

millifluidics

millifortnight

milligal

milligalileo

milligauss

milligee

milligram

milligravitational

milligravity

milligray

millihartree

millihelen

millihenry

millihertz

millijansky

millijoule

millikatal

millikayser

millikelvin

millilambert

milliliter

millilitre

millilumen

millilux

millimagnitude

millimeter

millimetre

millimho

millimicro-

millimicroampere

millimicromole

millimicron

millimicrosecond

millimilli-

millimilligram

millimolar

millimole

millinewton

millinormal

millioctave

millioersted

milliohm

milliosmol

milliosmolal

milliosmolar

milliosmolarity

milliosmole

milliparsec

millipascal

millipawn

milliphot

millipoise

millipolarization

millipore

milliprobe

millirad

milliradian

millirem

millirobot

milliroentgen

millisatoshi

milliscale

millisecond

millisiemens

millisievert

millisteradian

millistokes

millitesla

millitorr

milliunit

millivolt

millivoltmeter

millivoltage

milliwarhol

milliwatt

milliwatt hour

milliwatt-hour

milliwatt-year

milliweber

milliwheaton

English terms prefixed with milli- (thousand)

milliad

millennial

milligrade

millile

millipede

millirobot

Translations

prefix

Albanian: mili- Belarusian: мілі- (mili-) Bulgarian: мили- (mili-) Catalan: mil·li- (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 毫- (háo-) Czech: mili- (cs) Dutch: milli- (nl) Estonian: milli- (et) Finnish: milli- (fi) French: milli- (fr) Galician: mili- (gl) German: milli- (de) Greek: χιλιοστό- (chiliostó-) Hindi: सहस्रि- (sahasri-) Hungarian: milli- (hu) Icelandic: milli- Indonesian: mili- Ingrian: milli- Irish: mili- Italian: milli- Japanese: ミリ- (miri-) Latvian: mili- Lithuanian: mili- Malagasy: mili- (mg) Malay: mili- (ms) Marathi: सहस्रि- (sahasri-) Nepali: सहस्रि- (sahasri-) Polish: mili- (pl) Portuguese: mili- (pt) Romanian: mili- Russian: милли- (ru) (milli-) Scottish Gaelic: mili- Serbo-Croatian: mili- Slovak: mili- Slovene: mili- Spanish: mili- (es) Swedish: milli- (sv) Tagalog: kalibo- Thai: มิลลิ- (min-lí-) Turkish: mili- Ukrainian: мілі- (mili-) Vietnamese: mi-li Yiddish: מילי־ (mili-)

Further reading

• “milli-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin mille.

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with milli-

millimeter

millisekund

Further reading

• “milli-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From French milli-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Dutch terms prefixed with milli-

milliampère

milliare

millicandela

milligram

milliliter

millimeter

milliohm

milliseconde

millisteradiaal

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: mili

Further reading

• “millimeter” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Estonian

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with milli-

milliliiter

millimeeter

Further reading

• “millimeeter”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “milli-”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin mille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilːi-/, [ˈmilːi-]

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with milli-

milliampeeri

millibaari

milligramma

millikaarisekunti

millilitra

millimetri

millimikroni

millimooli

milliradiaani

millisekunti

millivoltti

milliwatti

Further reading

• “milli-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

French

Etymology

From Latin mille (“thousand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.li/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with milli-

millidegré

milliélectronvolt

milligal

millihertz

millijoule

millikatal

millilitre

millimètre

millile

millimolaire

milliohm

milliseconde

millivolt

millivoltmètre

milliwatt

Further reading

• “milli-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Etymology

From Latin mīlle (“thousand”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with milli-

Milliampere

Milligramm

Millikelvin

Millimeter

Millisekunde

Further reading

• “milli-” in Duden online
• “milli-”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmili]
• Hyphenation: mil‧li

Prefix

milli-

1. (noun prefix) milli-

   ‎milli- + ‎méter (“meter”) → ‎milliméter (“millimeter”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with milli-

milligramm

milliliter

milliméter

Further reading

• milliliter in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

Icelandic

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Icelandic terms prefixed with milli-

millibar

milligramm

millilítri

millimetri

millisekúnda

Further reading

• “milli-” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian милли- (milli-).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmilːi-/, [ˈmilʲː-]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmilːi-/, [ˈmilːi-]

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with milli-

millimetra

Italian

Prefix

milli-

1. milli- (multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10^-3)

Derived terms

• milliampere
• millibar
• milligrammo
• millilitro
• millimetro
• millimicron
• millisecondo
• millivolt

Italian terms prefixed with milli-

milliampere

milliamperometro

millibar

millicurie

milliequivalente

milligrammo

millilitro

millimetraggio

millimetro

millimicron

millimole

millinormale

millisecondo

millivolt

Further reading

• milli- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Swedish

Prefix

milli-

1. milli-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with milli-

millimeter

Further reading

• “milli-”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)