number/mil/
thousand, one thousand, a thousand
“Presque mille enfants y habitent.” — Almost a thousand children live there.
Inherited from Middle French mille, from Old French mile, from Latin mīlle (“thousand”) (plural mīlia), from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).
noun, masculine/mil/plural: milles
mille is masculine in French.
mile (abbreviation mi); short for mille nautique (“nautical mile”); bullseye
Inherited from Middle French mille, from Old French mile, from Latin mīlle (“thousand”) (plural mīlia), from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).