different between feet vs millimeter

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?tiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *p?ds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?t, IPA^(key): /fi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t
• Homophone: feat

Noun

feet

1. plural of foot

Derived terms

• get cold feet

Etymology 2

Noun

feet

1. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.

Anagrams

• ETFE, fete, fête, teef

Luxembourgish

Verb

feet

1. inflection of feeën:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English

Noun

feet

1. plural of fot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

English

Alternative forms

• millimetre (UK)
• millimètre (rare)

Etymology

From French millimètre, as if milli- +? meter.

Pronunciation

Noun

millimeter (plural millimeters)

1. (American spelling) An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of 1/1000 of a meter. Symbol: mm

Translations

Further reading

• millimeter at OneLook Dictionary Search
• millimeter, millimetre at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• millimetre, millimètre

Danish

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Noun

millimeter c (singular definite millimeteren, plural indefinite millimeter)

1. millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Declension

References

• “millimeter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Pronunciation

Noun

millimeter

1. millimeter

Further reading

• “millimeter” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

millimeter m (definite singular millimeteren, indefinite plural millimeter, definite plural millimeterne)

1. a millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

millimeter m (definite singular millimeteren, indefinite plural millimeter, definite plural millimeterane or millimetrane)

1. a millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Swedish

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l??me?t?r/, /?m?l?me?t?r/

Noun

millimeter c

1. a millimetre

Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be millimetrar/millimetrars

Declension

Derived terms

• ha millimetrarna på sin sida

Further reading

• millimeter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)