millier

== English == === Etymology === From French millier (“a thousand, a 1000-ish, 1000 kg”), from mille (“thousand”) + -ier (“-er”). === Noun === millier (plural milliers) (archaic, rare) Synonym of metric ton, 1000 kg. == French == === Etymology === From mille (“one thousand”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.lje/ === Noun === millier m (plural milliers) thousand; a number of about a thousand Il y avait un millier de personnes dans la foule. -- There were about a thousand people in the crowd. === Further reading === “millier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Noun === millier oblique singular, m (oblique plural milliers, nominative singular milliers, nominative plural millier) thousand; a number of about thousand.