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thousand

/ˈθaʊzənd/THOW-zuhnd
/ˈθaʊzənd/THOW-zuhnd

Meaninga great hundred, a thousand

Common meaning: the number 1,000

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishthusendsource
  2. Middle Englishthousandsource
  3. Englishthousand‘the number 1,000’ · today

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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English thusend ‘a great hundred, a thousand’.

Roots

  • thusend Old English “a great hundred, a thousand”

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