n. [ OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þūsend; akin to OS. thūsundig, thūsind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tūsunt, dūsunt, Icel. þūsund, þūshund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þūsundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin. ] 1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand. Ps. xci. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1, 000, M or CI&Crev_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thousand

a. 1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. “Perplexed with a thousand cares.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thousandfold

a. Multiplied by a thousand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thousand legs

(Zool.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thousandth

a. 1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thousandth

n. The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

千金

[千金, qiān jīn] thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) your daughter, See Also: 斤 #18555

皮蛋

[皮蛋, pí dàn] thousand-year old eggs; preserved eggs #26006

仟

[仟, qiān] thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral) #29644

千篇一律

[千篇一律, qiān piān yī lǜ] thousand articles, same rule (成语 saw); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all #30146

松花蛋

[松花蛋, sōng huā dàn] thousand-year egg #69880

千

[千, qiān] thousand

千碱基对

[千碱基对 / 千鹼基對, qiān jiǎn jī duì] thousand base pair (kbp)

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

万(P);萬(oK)

[まん(P);よろず, man (P); yorozu] (num) (1) (萬 is sometimes used in legal documents) 10, 000; ten thousand; (n, adj-no) (2) myriad; (n-adv) (3) (よろず only) everything; all; (n, adj-no) (4) (よろず only) (arch) various; (P) #245

文

[もん, mon] (n) (1) one-thousandth of a kan (obsolete unit of currency); (2) 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes) #636

千

[せん(P);ち, sen (P); chi] (num) 1, 000; thousand; (P) #726

京

[きょう(P);けい, kyou (P); kei] (n) (1) (きょう only) imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); (2) (きょう only) (See 伊呂波歌) final word of an iroha-uta; (3) (usu. けい) 10^16; 10, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000; ten quadrillion (American); (obs) ten thousand billion (British); (P) #1852

毛

[もう, mou] (n) (1) one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme); (2) old monetary unit (0.0001 yen) #3168

糸

[し, shi] (n) (1) thread; (2) one ten-thousandth; 0.001 percent (one-ten-thousandth of a wari) #5565

銭(P);錢(oK)

[せん, sen] (n) (1) hundredth of a yen; (2) (See 銭・ぜに・1) coin made of non-precious materials; (3) (obs) (See 貫・2) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (4) (arch) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (P) #6396

千代(P);千世

[せんだい(千代)(P);ちよ, sendai ( chiyo )(P); chiyo] (n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever; (P) #8454

ミル

[miru] (n) (1) mil (one thousandth of an inch); (2) mill #9344

千秋

[せんしゅう, senshuu] (n) thousand years; many years #9957

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Tausend { f } | Tausende { pl }

thousand | thousands

tausend { num } | tausende | tausendmal | tausendste | tausendstel

thousand | thousands | a thousand times | thousandth | thousandth part

tausendjährig { adj }