Phrase guide

two thousand

num · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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num

Meaning 1

The cardinal number occurring after one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and before two thousand and one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tweeduisend — cardinal number
  • Arabic: أَلْفَان (ʔalfān) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: ألفين (ʔalfayn) — cardinal number
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܹܝܢ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ (trēn alpē) — cardinal number
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܦܹܝܢ (alpēn) — cardinal number
  • Armenian: երկու հազար (erku hazar) — cardinal number
  • Belarusian: дзве ты́сячы (dzvje týsjačy) — cardinal number
  • Betawi: nocéng — cardinal number
  • Chechen: ши эзар (ši ezar) — cardinal number
  • Cherokee: ᏔᎵ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ (tali iyagayvli) — cardinal number
  • Chichewa: zikwi ziwiri — cardinal number
  • Chinese: лёнчян (lionqian) — cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兩千 /两千 (liǎngqiān) — cardinal number
  • Danish: to tusind — cardinal number
  • Danish: to tusinde — cardinal number
  • Dutch: tweeduizend — cardinal number
  • Esperanto: du mil — cardinal number
  • Farefare: tʋsayi — cardinal number
  • Finnish: kaksituhatta — cardinal number
  • French: deux mille — cardinal number
  • Georgian: ორი ათასი (ori atasi) — cardinal number
  • German: zweitausend — cardinal number
  • Greek: δύο χιλιάδες (dýo chiliádes) — cardinal number
  • Greek: δισχίλιοι (dischílioi) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: δισχίλιοι (diskhílioi) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: ͵β — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: אלפיים — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: אַלְפַּיִם ('alpáyim) — cardinal number
  • Hungarian: kétezer — cardinal number
  • Igbo: puku abụọ — cardinal number
  • Italian: duemila — cardinal number
  • Japanese: 二千 (nisen) — cardinal number
  • Khmer: ពីរពាន់ (pii poan) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 이천 (icheon) — cardinal number
  • Lao: ສອງພັນ (sǭng phan) — cardinal number
  • Lithuanian: du tūkstančiai — cardinal number
  • : ᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃ (ṡoangpan) — cardinal number
  • Macedonian: две илјади (dve iljadi) — cardinal number
  • Malay: dua ribu — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: രണ്ടായിരം (raṇṭāyiraṁ) — cardinal number
  • Maltese: elfejn — cardinal number
  • Classical Nahuatl: mācuīltzontli — cardinal number
  • Navajo: naakidi mííl — cardinal number
  • Norwegian: to tusen — cardinal number
  • Ojibwe: niinzhosagoons — cardinal number
  • Polish: dwa tysiące — cardinal number
  • Portuguese: dois mil — cardinal number
  • Romanian: două mii — cardinal number
  • Russian: две ты́сячи (dve týsjači) — cardinal number
  • Sanskrit: द्विसहस्र (dvisahasra) — cardinal number
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvije hiljad — cardinal number
  • Sicilian: dumila — cardinal number
  • Slovak: dvetisíc — cardinal number
  • Spanish: dos mil — cardinal number
  • Swahili: elfu mbili — cardinal number
  • Swedish: två tusen — cardinal number
  • Tamil: இரண்டாயிரம் (iraṇṭāyiram) — cardinal number
  • Thai: สองพัน (sŏng pan) — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: tu tausen — cardinal number
  • Turkish: iki bin — cardinal number
  • Ukrainian: дві ти́сячі (dvi týsjači) — cardinal number
  • Vietnamese: hai ngàn — cardinal number
  • Welsh: dwy fil — cardinal number
  • Yucatec Maya: joʼobaakʼ — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: malruk tiissitsaak — cardinal number