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thousand

Pronunciation: /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/

The English word “thousand” has 1 meaning listed here.

numeral

  1. A numerical value equal to 1,000; ten times a hundred (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation)

Etymology

From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen…

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