how to pronounce mille

/mil/

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mille is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of mille in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… passer à 25 % en dix mille 18 à 30 % du …”

meanings of mille

noun:

Bullseye.
Nautical mile (short for mille nautique).
Mile (abbreviation mi).
Thousand.

numeral:

Thousand, a thousand, one thousand.

mille frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word mille occurs in french on average 66.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.