You can make 3 words from mil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of mil
mil iml mli lmi ilm lim
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word mil. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in mil.
Definitions and meaning of mil
mil
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɪl/
Rhymes: -ɪl
Homophone: mill
Noun
mil (pluralmils)
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.
A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
a former subdivision (1⁄1000) of the Maltese lira
(informal, plural "mil")Abbreviation of million.
2010 September, Galen Gondolfi, "Idea Fun(d)", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 79:
You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.
(informal)Clipping of milliliter; mL.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
degree, deg
radian, rad
grad
second
minute
for abbreviation, see mil.
mil-dot
Adjective
mil (not comparable)
Clipping of military.
Derived terms
mil-spec
Anagrams
-lim-, ILM, Lim, MLI
Aragonese
Etymology
Akin to Spanishmil, from Latinmīlle.
Numeral
mil
thousand
Asturian
Etymology
From Latinmīlle.
Numeral
mil (indeclinable)
one thousand; 1000
mil llobos ― one thousand wolves
mil vaques ― one thousand cows
Usage notes
In compound numbers, mil does not inflect or change:
mil dos ― one thousand two
mil trenta y nueve ― one thousand thirty-nine
tres mil ― three thousand
venti mil ― twenty thousand
Breton
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmiːl/
Etymology 1
From Middle Bretonmil, from Proto-Brythonic*mil, from Latinmīlia. Cognate with Cornishmil, Welshmil, Irishmíle.
Numeral
mil
thousand
Etymology 2
From Middle Bretonmil, from Proto-Brythonic*mil (compare Cornishmyl, Welshmil), from Proto-Celtic*mīlom (compare Old Irishmíl and its descendants; Irishmíol, Scottish Gaelicmíl, Manxmeeyl), from Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₁l-(“small animal””).
Compare Ancient Greekμῆλον(mêlon, “lamb”), Armenianմալ(mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdishماڵ(mall, “livestock”), Dutchmaal(“calf”).
Noun
milm (pluralmiled)
(rare) animal
Synonyms:aneval, loen
Mutation
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalanmil, from Latinmīlle, from Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂(“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈmil]
Rhymes: -il
Numeral
milm or f
(cardinal number) thousand
Noun
milm (pluralmils)
thousand
Further reading
“mil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
chapter MIL, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“mil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishmil, from Old Spanishmil, mill, from Latinmīlle.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: mil
Numeral
mil
thousand
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanishmil(“thousand”).
Numeral
mil
thousand
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*melemm or f, from Latinmeln.
Noun
milm
honey
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed through Low German, from Latinmil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
mil
mile, unit of length of varying value
Declension
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinmīlle. Doublet of mejlo.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mil]
Audio:
Hyphenation: mil
Numeral
mil
thousand
Estonian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
Hyphenation: mil
Etymology 1
Clipping of millal.
Conjunction
mil
when
Etymology 2
Clipping of millel.
Adverb
mil (not comparable)
that
French
Etymology
From Latinmilium.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mil/, /mij/
Noun
milm (pluralmils)
(now dialectal) millet
Synonym:millet
Further reading
chapter MIL, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latinmīlle.
Numeral
mil
thousand
Galician
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/[ˈmiɫ]
Rhymes: -il
Hyphenation: mil
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguesemil, from Latinmīlle, from Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂(“one thousand”).
Numeral
mil (indeclinable)
one thousand; 1000
Etymology 2
1474. From Vulgar Latin*medianile, from Latinmediānus. Compare the cognates mión and molo.
Alternative forms
bile, milde, minle
Noun
milm (pluralmiles)
central piece of the Galician cart wheel
Synonyms:mión, miúl, molo
References
“mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“miil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“mil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“mil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“mil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Gamilaraay
Noun
mil
eye
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mil/
Noun
mil
thousand
mile(measure of distance)
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperantomil, Frenchmille, Italianmille, Spanishmil, from Latinmīlle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mil/
Numeral
mil
thousand
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishmil.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
Hyphenation: mil
Numeral
mil
thousand
Synonym:ribo
Indonesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɪl/
Hyphenation: mil
Rhymes: -mɪl, -ɪl, -l
Etymology 1
From Dutchmijl, from Middle Dutchmile, ultimately from Latinmīlia.
Noun
mil (pluralmil-mil, first-person possessivemilku, second-person possessivemilmu, third-person possessivemilnya)
English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km
(historical) mijl, Dutch mile or league, a unit of distance equivalent to about 5–6 km
milepost, milestone, km marker
Synonyms:batu, pal, tonggak
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Englishmail, from Middle Englishmale, from Anglo-Normanmale, Old Frenchmale(“bag, wallet”), from Frankish*malha(“bag”), from Proto-Germanic*malhō(“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European*molko-(“leather pouch”).
Noun
mil (pluralmil-mil, first-person possessivemilku, second-person possessivemilmu, third-person possessivemilnya)
(colloquial) mail: the material conveyed by the postal service.
Further reading
“mil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irishmil, from Proto-Celtic*meli, from Proto-Indo-European*mélid. Cognate with Latinmel, Ancient Greekμέλι(méli). Akin to milis and blas.
Pronunciation
(Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /mʲɪlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲɨ̞lʲ/
Noun
milf (genitive singularmeala)
honey
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) chapter MIL, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) chapter MIL, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter MIL, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “mil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “mil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguesemil.
Numeral
mil
thousand (1000)
Ladin
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*melemm or f, from Latinmeln.
Noun
milf (uncountable)
honey
References
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
Inherited from Frenchmille(“thousand”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mil/
Rhymes: -il
Numeral
mil
thousand
Lule
Pronoun
mil
you (plural)
References
Antonio Maccioni / Machoni, Arte y vocabulario de la lengua lule y tonocoté (1732)
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabicمِيل(mīl).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miːl/
Noun
milm (dualmilejn, pluralmjielormili)
mile
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High Germanmül, müle, from Old High Germanmulī, mulin, from Proto-Germanic*mulīnō, *mulīnaz, from Late Latinmolīnum(“mill”). Cognate with GermanMühle, Englishmill.
Noun
milf
mill
References
“mil” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Ngiyambaa
Noun
mil
(anatomy) eye
Northern Kurdish
Noun
mil?
arm
shoulder
neck
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latinmilia, millia and Old Norsemíla.
Noun
milm or f (definite singularmilaormilen, indefinite pluralmil, definite pluralmilene)
(today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
gammel norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.
gammal norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.
Usage notes
Indefinite plural miler was made non-standard by the spelling reform of 2012.
Derived terms
nautisk mil
sjømil
References
“mil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
mila
Etymology
From Latinmīlle.
Numeral
mil
thousand
Related terms
milen
milion
Further reading
Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 648.
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinmīlia, plural of the numeral mīlle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miːl/
Noun
mīlf
mile
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: myle, mile
Scots: mile
English: mile
Old French
Numeral
mil
Alternative form of mile(“thousand”)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic*melin, from Proto-Indo-European*mélit.
Noun
milf (genitivemelo)
honey
c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
Inflection
Descendants
Middle Irish: mil
Irish: mil
Scottish Gaelic: mil
Manx: mill
Mutation
Further reading
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter MIL, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanishmil and Portuguesemil and Kabuverdianumil.
Numeral
mil
thousand (1000)
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatlmilpan.
Noun
mil
cornfield
Further reading
Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguesemil, from Latinmīlle, from Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂(“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: (Portugal)-il, (Brazil)-iw
Hyphenation: mil
Adjective
milm or f
one thousand; a thousand; 1000
(somewhat poetic) thousands of (very many)
Synonyms:milhares de, um milhão de
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.
Related terms
milhar
Descendants
→ Kadiwéu: miili
Romanian
Noun
miln (pluralmiluri)
Obsolete form of milă.
Declension
References
mil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irishmil (genitive mela), from Proto-Celtic*meli, from Proto-Indo-European*mélid. Cognate with Welshmêl, Cornishmill, Bretonmel, Latinmel, Greekμέλι(méli), Gothic𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸(miliþ), Old Armenianմեղր(mełr).
Edward Dwelly (1911) chapter MIL, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter MIL, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*milъ. Cognate with Polishmiły.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /míːl/
Adjective
mȋl (comparativemilȇjši, superlativenȁjmilȇjši)
kind
dear
Inflection
Further reading
“mil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanishmil or Old Spanishmill, from Latinmīlle, from Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂(“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/[ˈmil]
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: mil
Numeral
mil
thousand
Usage notes
When pluralized as a specific number, the form mil is still used:
dos mil pesos ― two thousand pesos
cien mil pesos ― one hundred thousand pesos
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Navajo: mííl
→ Taos: míl, mílą
Noun
milm (pluralmiles)
(chiefly in the plural) thousand (1000 units of something)(usually in an indefinite sense)
Further reading
chapter MIL, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed through Low German, from Latinmil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miːl/
Noun
milc
(after 1889)Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters
Synonyms:nymil, myriameter
(between 1699 and 1889)Unit of length, equal to 10,688.54 meters
Synonym:landmil
Declension
Derived terms
engelsk mil(“mile (in the English sense), international mile”)
milsvid
sjumilaskog
sjumilastövel
sjömil
See also
fjärdingsväg
kilometer
References
mil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
mil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
mil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
lim
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishmil, from Latinmīlle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
Hyphenation: mil
Numeral
mil (Baybayin spellingᜋᜒᜎ᜔)
thousand
Synonym:libo
Related terms
Further reading
chapter MIL, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tatar
Noun
mil
(archaic) a unit of length: 1 mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km (see Obsolete Tatar units of measurement)
Declension
Turkish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmil/
Noun
mil (definite accusativemili, pluralmiller)
mile (measure of length)
Volapük
Numeral
mil
thousand
Vurës
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchmille, from Latinmīlle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mil/
Noun
mil
One thousand vatu (currency of Vanuatu).
References
Welsh
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miːl/
Rhymes: -ɨːl
Homophone: mul(South Wales)
Etymology 1
From Middle Welshmil, from Proto-Brythonic*mil (compare Cornishmyl, Bretonmil), from Proto-Celtic*mīlom (compare Old Irishmíl and its descendants; Irishmíol, Scottish Gaelicmíl, Manxmeeyl), from Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₁l-(“small animal””).
Compare Ancient Greekμῆλον(mêlon, “lamb”), Armenianմալ(mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdishماڵ(mall, “livestock”), Dutchmaal(“calf”).
Noun
milm (pluralmilod)
animal, beast, creature
vermin (animal not normally eaten by people)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Welshmil, from Proto-Brythonic*mil, from Latinmīlia. Cognate with Cornishmil, Bretonmil, Irishmíle.
Numeral
milf (pluralmiloedd)
(cardinal number) one thousand
Related terms
mil blynyddoedd(“millennium”)
Mutation
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter MIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Wiradjuri
Alternative forms
mill
Noun
mil
(anatomy) eye
Yagara
Noun
mil
eye
References
State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.