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millier

thousand (approximate group)

noun mee-LYEH Less Common

Usage Note

Millier is a collective noun, always used with de to indicate roughly a thousand of something — un millier de personnes means 'around a thousand people'. Unlike mille, it implies approximation. The plural milliers is common in expressions like des milliers de ('thousands of').

Examples

"Des milliers de gens sont venus."

Natural Translation

Thousands of people came.

Literal Translation

Of thousands of people are come

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