millilitre

\mi.li.litʁ\

/\mi.li.litʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“millilitre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10⁻³ litre, et dont le symbole est mL.

Corpus desk

Index FR-millilitre · millilitre · French

millilitre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for millilitre
PropertyValue
Headwordmillilitre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.li.litʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « millilitre » en français

millilitresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

millilitre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.li.litʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10⁻³ litre, et dont le symbole est mL.".

millilitre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is millilitre, spelled M-I-L-L-I-L-I-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10⁻³ litre, et dont le symbole est mL.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how millilitre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans les célèbres petites fioles rouges, les virologues marseillais ont relevé plus de 100 millions de tobamovirus par millilitre ! — (« Virus (du piment) : Paprika douloureux », Malbouffe, le dico, Les Dossiers du Canard enchaîné nᵒ 147, avril 2018, page 86)
  2. Pour l’autrice de l’amendement voté mardi, Catherine Procaccia (LR), l’instauration d’une taxe à hauteur de 6 € par millilitre « aurait pour effet d’augmenter considérablement leur prix », et, par conséquent, aurait un effet dissuasif.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "millilitre"?
"millilitre" is spelled M-I-L-L-I-L-I-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.li.litʁ\.
What does "millilitre" mean?
As a noun, "millilitre" means: Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 10⁻³ litre, et dont le symbole est mL.
How do you pronounce "millilitre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "millilitre" is \mi.li.litʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "millilitre" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list