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10 Language-to-English DictionariesThousand
/ˈθaʊ.zənd/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The cardinal number equivalent to the product of ten and one hundred; 1,000.
"The city has a population of over fifty thousand people."
- 1
Amounting to one thousand in number.
"She donated a thousand dollars to the local animal shelter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'þūsend', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'duizend' and German 'tausend'. The term ultimately stems from Proto-Germanic '*þūsundī-', a compound of '*þū-' (swelling, large) and '*hund' (hundred), originally signifying a 'large hundred' or ten hundred in Germanic counting systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thousand" is said worldwide
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mille
Transliteration: mil
"Il y a mille raisons d'être heureux."
tausend
Transliteration: tau-zend
"Das Buch kostete zwanzig tausend Euro."
mille
Transliteration: mil-le
"Ho mille cose da fare oggi."
mil
Transliteration: mil
"El coche cuesta diez mil dólares."
mil
Transliteration: mil
"Eles caminharam mil quilômetros."
हजार
Transliteration: hajaar
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"मेरे पास एक हजार रुपये हैं।"
千
Transliteration: qiān
Script: 中文汉字
"这本书有几千个字。"
천
Transliteration: cheon
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 천 원을 지불했습니다."
千
Transliteration: sen
Script: 日本語
"私は千円を持っています。"
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