milestone

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• General-American: /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
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• UK: /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AY1 L S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: верставы слуп (vjerstavy slup) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Belarusian: кіламетровы слуп (kilamjetróvy slup) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Belarusian: мільны слуп (milʹny slup) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Belarusian: мільны камень (milʹny kamjenʹ) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Bulgarian: километричен камък (kilometričen kamǎk) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Catalan: fita — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Chinese Mandarin: 里程碑 (lǐchéngbēi) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Czech: milník — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Danish: milepæl — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Dutch: mijlpaal — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Dutch: mijlsteen — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Esperanto: mejloŝtono — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Estonian: verstapost — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Extremaduran: miliáriu — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Finnish: kilometripylväs — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Finnish: kilometritolppa — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Finnish: mailitolppa — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• French: borne — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• French: borne kilométrique — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Galician: marco — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• German: Kilometerstein — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• German: Meilenstein — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• German: Postmeilensäule — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Greek: χιλιομετροδείκτης (chiliometrodeíktis) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Hebrew: אבן מיל — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Hebrew: אבן דרך — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Hungarian: kilométerkő — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Hungarian: mérföldkő — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Indonesian: tanggal penting — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Italian: pietra miliare — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Japanese: 一里塚 (ichirizuka) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Japanese: 里程標 (riteihyō) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Latin: mīlliārium — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Macedonian: милјоказ (miljokaz) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Malay: batu penanda — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Malayalam: നാഴികക്കല്ല് (nāḻikakkallŭ) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norman: pièrre dé mille — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Bokmål: milestein — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Bokmål: milepæl — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Bokmål: milepel — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Bokmål: milestolpe — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milestein — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milepåle — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milestolpe — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Polish: kamień milowy — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Portuguese: marco miliário — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Portuguese: marco miliar — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Russian: ми́льный ка́мень (mílʹnyj kámenʹ) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Russian: километро́вый столб (kilometróvyj stolb) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Scottish Gaelic: clach-mhìle — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Serbo-Croatian: miljokaz — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Slovak: míľnik — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: hito — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: mojón — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: cipo — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: hita — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: fito (disused) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: borna — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Spanish: moto — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Swedish: milsten — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Swedish: milstolpe — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Tagalog: batong-milyahe — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Turkish: kilometre taşı — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Ukrainian: віха (vixa) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Ukrainian: мильовий камінь (mylʹovyj kaminʹ) — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Vietnamese: cột mốc — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Vietnamese: cây số — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Vietnamese: cột cây số — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Vietnamese: cột dặm — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Volapük: liölaston — one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
• Bulgarian: важно събитие (važno sǎbitie) — important event
• Catalan: fita — important event
• Chinese Mandarin: 里程碑 (lǐchéngbēi) — important event
• Czech: mezník — important event
• Czech: milník — important event
• Danish: milepæl — important event
• Dutch: mijlpaal — important event
• Dutch: keerpunt — important event
• Esperanto: mejloŝtono — important event
• Finnish: virstanpylväs — important event
• Finnish: merkkipaalu — important event
• French: jalon — important event
• Georgian: ნიშანსვეტი (nišansveṭi) — important event
• German: Meilenstein — important event
• German: Etappenziel — important event
• German: Markstein — important event
• Greek: ορόσημο (orósimo) — important event
• Hebrew: אבן דרך — important event
• Hindi: मीलपत्थर (mīlpatthar) — important event
• Hungarian: mérföldkő — important event
• Italian: pietra miliare — important event
• Italian: traguardo — important event
• Japanese: 事 (koto) — important event
• Japanese: 転換点 (tenkanten) — important event
• Japanese: 一大事 (ichidaiji) — important event
• Japanese: 画期的出来事 (kakkiteki dekigoto) — important event
• Macedonian: пресвртница (presvrtnica) — important event
• Malayalam: നാഴികക്കല്ല് (nāḻikakkallŭ) — important event
• Norwegian Bokmål: milepæl — important event
• Norwegian Bokmål: milepel — important event
• Norwegian Bokmål: minestolpe — important event
• Norwegian Bokmål: milestein — important event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milestolpe — important event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milepåle — important event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milestein — important event
• Polish: kamień milowy — important event
• Polish: milowy krok — important event
• Portuguese: marco — important event
• Russian: ве́ха (véxa) — important event
• Russian: эта́п (etáp) — important event
• Russian: рубе́ж (rubéž) — important event
• Scottish Gaelic: clach-mhìle — important event
• Serbo-Croatian: prekretnica — important event
• Slovak: medzník — important event
• Slovak: míľnik — important event
• Spanish: hito — important event
• Spanish: jalón — important event
• Swedish: milstolpe — important event
• Turkish: kilometre taşı — important event
• Vietnamese: mốc — important event
• Volapük: liölaston — important event
• Polish: stawiać kamienie milowe — to place milestones
• Polish: postawić kamienie milowe — to place milestones
• Spanish: amojonar — to place milestones