millilitre
noun
millilitre is spelled M-I-L-L-I-L-I-T-R-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, millilitre means “A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of millilitre is millilitres.
How many letters and syllables are in millilitre?
| Letters | 10: M-I-L-L-I-L-I-T-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is millilitre?
Millilitre appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce millilitre?
Millilitre has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-millilitre.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with millilitre?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as millilitre.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: milliliter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of millilitre
- millilitres plural
- milliliter US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does millilitre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Millilitre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a unit of volume:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | millilitre |
| German | Milliliter |
| Portuguese | mililitro |
| Spanish | mililitro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does millilitre come from?
From milli- + litre, from French millilitre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).