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χίλια
thousand /ˈxi.li.a/
adjectiveC1#3290 most common
Also: a thousand, one thousand
Example sentences
Αυτό το ποδήλατο κοστίζει χίλια ευρώ.
This bicycle costs a thousand euros.
Το βουνό έχει ύψος χίλια μέτρα.
The mountain is a thousand meters high.
Έχω χίλια πράγματα να κάνω σήμερα.
I have a thousand things to do today.
Το μοναστήρι χτίστηκε χίλια χρόνια πριν.
The monastery was built a thousand years ago.
Το πρόγραμμα υποστηρίζει χίλια διαφορετικά αρχεία ταυτόχρονα.
The software supports a thousand different files at once.
Ο πληθυσμός της χώρας ξεπερνά τα χίλια εκατομμύρια κατοίκους.
The country's population exceeds one billion inhabitants.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | None | χίλιοι (m) / χίλιες (f) / χίλια (n) |
| Genitive | None | χιλίων (all genders) |
| Accusative | None | χίλιους (m) / χίλιες (f) / χίλια (n) |
| Vocative | None | χίλιοι (m) / χίλιες (f) / χίλια (n) |
Word family
χιλιάδαa thousand (countable unit)χιλιόμετροkilometer
χιλιοστόthousandth, or millimeter
χιλιάρικοcolloquial term for a thousand-unit banknote, like 'a grand'
χίλιοιthousand (masculine plural form)
Etymology
Χίλια is the neuter plural of the Ancient Greek numeral χίλιοι (khī́lioi), meaning thousand. Linguists trace it to a Proto-Indo-European word for thousand that also gave Sanskrit and Avestan their terms for the same number. The Greek word has stayed remarkably stable in form and meaning for close to three thousand years.
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