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millennium

/məˈleniəm/muh-LEH-nee-uhm
/məˈlɛniəm/muh-LEH-nee-uhm

Meaninga thousand years

Common meaning: a thousand years

‘a thousand’ + ‘a year’ → millennium

Journey through time

  • mill — Latin mīlle “a thousand” (path traced)
  • enn — Latin annus “a year” (path traced)
  1. Latinmīlle + annus‘a thousand + a year’
  2. Englishmillennium‘a thousand years’ · today

mill also in: millionmillipedemillimetre

enn also in: annualperennialanniversary

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mīlle ‘a thousand’ + Latin annus ‘a year’.

Did you know (Latin mille, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mīlle, p. 1144 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin annus, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry annus, p. 126 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

anniversaryannualbiennialperennialmillimetremillionmillipede

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