thousand
numéralcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈθaʊz(ə)nd//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈθawz(ə)nd//
- États-Unis//ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)//
- États-Unis/[ˈθaʊ̯zn̩d]/
- //ˈθuːz(ə)nd//
A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
numéral
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A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
Many thousands of people came to the conference.
Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it brings us to the Tchou dynasty, where the events of Chinese history "begin to be more trustworthy."
The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥? Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm? Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont- Proto-Germanic *þūsundī Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi Old English þūsend Middle English thousend English thousand From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).
Formes
- pluriel
- thousands
thousand · A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
thrash · To beat mercilessly.Thrash · A surname.thrashing · Action of the verb to thrash.