milice
French, noun/mi.lis/
milice is spelled M-I-L-I-C-E (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milice is a French feminine noun meaning “militia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organisation militaire qui tient lieu d’armée permanente et où les citoyens enrôlés ne sont astreints qu’à…”.
What does milice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilitia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisation militaire qui tient lieu d’armée permanente et où les citoyens enrôlés ne sont astreints qu’à des périodes d’exercice déterminées. 2. Corps de troupes ainsi composés. 3. En Russie, organisation chargée du maintien de l’ordre public, rôle semblable à celui de la police et, pour la France, à celui de la gendarmerie. 4. Groupe créé ponctuellement pour maintenir l’ordre, notamment en cas de troubles civils.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of milice
- milices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milice?
- /mi.lis/
- \mi.lis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milice in French?
milice appears 5.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).