different between miles vs leagues

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?lz/

Noun

miles

1. plural of mile
2. (informal) A great distance in space or time.

   His final shot missed the bullseye by miles.

   From the top of the hill you can see for miles.

   No need to hurry. The deadline is miles away.

Adverb

miles (not comparable)

1. much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative)

   Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, limes, milse, misle, slime, smile

French

Noun

miles ?

1. plural of mile

Latin

Alternative forms

• milex (Vulgar or Late Latin, Appendix Probi)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Etruscan origin. The suffix seems similar to that of pedes, eques, veles, comes, but the origin of m?l- is opaque. A connection to m?lia (“thousands”), perhaps as "person going by the thousand(s)", is difficult to confidently motivate semantically.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi?.les/, [?mi????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.les/, [?mi?l?s]

Noun

m?les m (genitive m?litis); third declension

1. (military) A soldier.

2. (Medieval Latin) A knight.
3. A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

• miles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• miles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• miles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• miles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• miles in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

• limes

Spanish

Noun

miles m pl

1. thousands, plural of mil

   miles de años atrás = hace miles de años — "thousands of years ago"

   Synonym: millares

Usage notes

• Miles is only used in the indefinite sense of the word "thousands":

miles de pesos – "thousands of pesos"

• Otherwise, the singular mil is used:

dos mil pesos — "two thousand pesos" ($2,000)

cien mil pesos — "a hundred thousand pesos" ($100,000)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??z/

Noun

leagues

1. plural of league

Verb

leagues

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of league