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millilitre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

  • Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
  • Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milliliter, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric capacity unit

History

Etymology

From milli- + litre, from French millilitre.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: milillitru — a unit of volume
  • Bengali: মিলিলিটার (mililiṭar) — a unit of volume
  • Bulgarian: милилитър (mililitǎr) — a unit of volume
  • Burmese: မီလီလီတာ (mililita) — a unit of volume
  • Catalan: mil·lilitre — a unit of volume
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫升 (háoshēng) — a unit of volume
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西西 (xīxī) — a unit of volume
  • Czech: mililitr — a unit of volume
  • Danish: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Dutch: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Esperanto: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • Estonian: milliliiter — a unit of volume
  • Finnish: millilitra — a unit of volume
  • French: millilitre — a unit of volume
  • Galician: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • German: Milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Greek: χιλιοστόλιτρο (chiliostólitro) — a unit of volume
  • Hungarian: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Icelandic: millilítri — a unit of volume
  • Interlingua: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • Italian: millilitro — a unit of volume
  • Japanese: ミリリットル (miririttoru) — a unit of volume
  • Khmer: មីលីលីត្រ (miiliiliit) — a unit of volume
  • Korean: 밀리리터 (milliriteo) — a unit of volume
  • Lithuanian: milili̇̀tras — a unit of volume
  • Norwegian Bokmål: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Polish: mililitr — a unit of volume
  • Portuguese: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • Romanian: mililitru — a unit of volume
  • Russian: миллили́тр (millilítr) — a unit of volume
  • Slovak: mililiter — a unit of volume
  • Spanish: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • Swahili: mililita — a unit of volume
  • Swedish: milliliter — a unit of volume
  • Tagalog: mililitro — a unit of volume
  • Telugu: మిల్లీలీటరు (millīlīṭaru) — a unit of volume
  • Thai: มิลลิลิตร (min-lí-lít) — a unit of volume
  • Yiddish: מיליליטער (mililiter) — a unit of volume
  • Yoruba: mìlílítà — a unit of volume