mille et un
French, determiner/mij e œ̃/
mille et un is spelled M-I-L-L-E-E-T-U-N (9 letters). Mille et un is a French determiner meaning “thousand and one (a great many)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mille et un mean in English?
determiner
- 1
thousand and one (a great many)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Beaucoup de, un grand nombre indéfini de.
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 mille et un
- mille et une feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mille et un?
- /mij e œ̃/
- \mi.l‿e œ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.