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millimetre

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of 1⁄1000 of a metre. Symbol: mm

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonyms: centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
  • Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:mm, mil, mill

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: millimeter, mm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric linear unit

History

Etymology

From French millimètre, equivalent to milli- + metre.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِلِّيمِتْر (millīmitr) — unit of measure
  • Armenian: միլիմետր (milimetr) — unit of measure
  • Asturian: milímetru — unit of measure
  • Azerbaijani: millimetr — unit of measure
  • Belarusian: мілімэ́тар (milimétar) — unit of measure
  • Bulgarian: милиме́тър (milimétǎr) — unit of measure
  • Burmese: မီလီမီတာ (milimita) — unit of measure
  • Catalan: mil·límetre — unit of measure
  • Chinese Cantonese: 毫米 (hou4 mai5) — unit of measure
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公釐 /公厘 (gung1 lei4) — unit of measure
  • Hakka Chinese: 毫米 (hò-mí) — unit of measure
  • Hakka Chinese: 米釐米特 /米厘米特 (mi-li-mi-tèr) — unit of measure
  • Chinese: 毫米 (zh-min-nan) — unit of measure
  • Chinese: 公釐 /公厘 (kong-lî) — unit of measure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫米 (háomǐ) — unit of measure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公釐 /公厘 (gōnglí) — unit of measure
  • Czech: milimetr — unit of measure
  • Danish: millimeter — unit of measure
  • Dutch: millimeter — unit of measure
  • Esperanto: milimetro — unit of measure
  • Estonian: millimeeter — unit of measure
  • Faroese: millimetur — unit of measure
  • Finnish: millimetri — unit of measure
  • French: millimètre — unit of measure
  • Galician: milímetro — unit of measure
  • Georgian: მილიმეტრი (milimeṭri) — unit of measure
  • German: Millimeter — unit of measure
  • Greek: χιλιοστόμετρο (chiliostómetro) — unit of measure
  • Hindi: मिलीमीटर (milīmīṭar) — unit of measure
  • Hindi: सहस्रिमान (sahasrimān) — unit of measure
  • Hungarian: milliméter — unit of measure
  • Icelandic: millimetri — unit of measure
  • Ido: milimetro — unit of measure
  • Ingrian: millimetra — unit of measure
  • Interlingua: millimetro — unit of measure
  • Italian: millimetro — unit of measure
  • Japanese: ミリメートル (mirimētoru) — unit of measure
  • Japanese: ミリ (miri) — unit of measure
  • Khmer: មិល្លីម៉ែត្រ (millii-maet) — unit of measure
  • Korean: 밀리미터 (millimiteo) — unit of measure
  • Korean: 밀리 (milli) — unit of measure
  • Lao: ມິລິແມັດ (mi li mæt) — unit of measure
  • Latvian: milimetrs — unit of measure
  • Lithuanian: milimetras — unit of measure
  • Lü: ᦙᦲᦟᦲᦙᦶᧆ (miiliimaed) — unit of measure
  • Macedonian: милиме́тар (milimétar) — unit of measure
  • Malagasy: milimetatra — unit of measure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: millimeter — unit of measure
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: millimeter — unit of measure
  • Persian: میلیمتر (milimetr) — unit of measure
  • Polish: milimetr — unit of measure
  • Portuguese: milímetro — unit of measure
  • Romanian: milimetru — unit of measure
  • Russian: миллиме́тр (millimétr) — unit of measure
  • Sanskrit: सहस्रिमान (sahasrimāna) — unit of measure
  • Scottish Gaelic: milimeatair — unit of measure
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝлиметар — unit of measure
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìlimetar — unit of measure
  • Shan: မိလ္လိမႅတ် — unit of measure
  • Slovak: milimeter — unit of measure
  • Slovene: milimeter — unit of measure
  • Spanish: milímetro — unit of measure
  • Swahili: milimita — unit of measure
  • Swedish: millimeter — unit of measure
  • Tagalog: milimetro — unit of measure
  • Telugu: మిల్లీమీటరు (millīmīṭaru) — unit of measure
  • Thai: มิลลิเมตร (min-lí-méet) — unit of measure
  • Turkish: milimetre — unit of measure
  • Ukrainian: міліме́тр (milimétr) — unit of measure
  • Urdu: ملِیمیٹر (milīmīṭar) — unit of measure
  • Uyghur: مىللىمېتىر (millimëtir) — unit of measure
  • Vietnamese: milimet — unit of measure
  • Yiddish: מילימעטער (milimeter) — unit of measure
  • Yoruba: mìlímítà — unit of measure