| Principales traductions |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 n | invariable (cardinal number: 1000) | mille nm inv |
| Note: "a thousand" is used generally; "one thousand" is used to emphasize the precise amount |
| | Three thousand came to the concert. |
| | Ils étaient trois mille à assister au concert. |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 pron | invariable (people, things: 1000 of them) | mille adj inv |
| | Zoe counted the books on her shelves and was amazed to find she had a thousand. |
| the thousands npl | (numbers: 1000 to 9999) | milliers nmpl |
| | The population of this small island is somewhere in the thousands. |
| thousands npl | (thousands in number) | milliers nmpl |
| | Protestors turned up at the march in their thousands. |
| | Les manifestants ont rejoint la marche par milliers. |
| thousands of [sth/sb] adj | (amounting to thousands) | des milliers de [qch] nmpl + prép |
| | There are thousands of different recipes to make soup. |
| | Il y a des milliers de recettes de soupe différentes. |
thousand,
a thousand,
one thousand,
1000 adj | invariable (amounting to 1000) | mille adj inv |
| | Three thousand people came to the concert. |
| | Trois mille personnes ont assisté au concert. |
| a thousand adj | figurative, informal (very large number) (beaucoup) | mille adj inv |
| | | un millier (de [qch]) nm |
| | I can think of a thousand reasons why you shouldn't split up with Dave. |
| | Je vois mille raisons pour lesquelles tu ne devrais pas rompre avec Dave |
| | Je vois un millier de raisons pour lesquelles tu ne devrais pas rompre avec Dave |
| thousands of [sth] adj | figurative, informal (very large number) (figuré) | des milliers de [qch] nmpl + prép |
| | I threw the pigeon a few crumbs and thousands of his friends appeared! |