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miles
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?lz/
Noun
miles
- plural of mile
- (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)
- 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 ?
- 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
- (military) A soldier.
- (Medieval Latin) A knight.
- 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
- 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)
miles From the web:
- = 1.609344 kilometers
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milers
English
Noun
milers
- plural of miler
Anagrams
- Imlers, Rimels, Smiler, limers, merils, smiler
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e(?)s
Noun
milers
- plural of miler
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