chiliade

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- +‎ -ade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ki.ljad/ === Noun === chiliade f (plural chiliades) chiliad, a group of 1000 things === References === === Further reading === Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “chiliade”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “chiliade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === chīliade ablative singular of chīlias