"chiliad" meaning in All languages combined

See chiliad on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chiliads [plural]
Etymology: From Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), possibly via French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ad. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|chilias||the number 1000, a group of 1000 things}} Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), {{der|en|fr|chiliade}} French chiliade, {{bor|en|grc|χιλιάς||the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium}} Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), {{m|grc|χῑ́λιοι||1000}} χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”), {{m|grc|-ᾰ́ς||-ad: forming collective nouns}} -ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”), {{confix|en|chilia|ad}} chilia- + -ad Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiliad (plural chiliads)
  1. A group of 1000 things, particularly
    Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch.
    Categories (topical): Collectives, Thousand Synonyms: chiliarchy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-chiliad-en-noun-LjFjG41P Disambiguation of Collectives: 62 38 Disambiguation of Thousand: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with chilia-, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chilia-: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 62 38
  2. A group of 1000 things, particularly
    Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years.
    Categories (topical): Thousand, Time Synonyms: millennium [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-chiliad-en-noun-q7JX0lc5 Disambiguation of Thousand: 54 46 Disambiguation of Time: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chiliasm, chiliastic, triad, decenniad

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chiliad meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "chilias",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the number 1000, a group of 1000 things"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "chiliade"
      },
      "expansion": "French chiliade",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χιλιάς",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "χῑ́λιοι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "1000"
      },
      "expansion": "χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ᾰ́ς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-ad: forming collective nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "-ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chilia",
        "3": "ad"
      },
      "expansion": "chilia- + -ad",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), possibly via French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ad.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chiliads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chiliad (plural chiliads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chiliasm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chiliastic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "triad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "decenniad"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with chilia-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ad",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "en:Collectives",
          "parents": [
            "Miscellaneous",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Thousand",
          "orig": "en:Thousand",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of 1000 things, particularly",
        "Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch."
      ],
      "id": "en-chiliad-en-noun-LjFjG41P",
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "chiliarchy",
          "chiliarchy#English"
        ],
        [
          "1000",
          "1000"
        ],
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "chiliarch",
          "chiliarch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "chiliarchy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Thousand",
          "orig": "en:Thousand",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "en:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of 1000 things, particularly",
        "Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years."
      ],
      "id": "en-chiliad-en-noun-q7JX0lc5",
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "millennium",
          "millennium#English"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "1000",
          "1000"
        ],
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a period of 1000 years",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "millennium"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈkɪl.iˌæd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chiliad"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms prefixed with chilia-",
    "English terms suffixed with -ad",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:Collectives",
    "en:Thousand",
    "en:Time"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "chilias",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the number 1000, a group of 1000 things"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "chiliade"
      },
      "expansion": "French chiliade",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χιλιάς",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "χῑ́λιοι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "1000"
      },
      "expansion": "χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ᾰ́ς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-ad: forming collective nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "-ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chilia",
        "3": "ad"
      },
      "expansion": "chilia- + -ad",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), possibly via French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ad.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chiliads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chiliad (plural chiliads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "chiliasm"
    },
    {
      "word": "chiliastic"
    },
    {
      "word": "triad"
    },
    {
      "word": "decenniad"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A group of 1000 things, particularly",
        "Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "chiliarchy",
          "chiliarchy#English"
        ],
        [
          "1000",
          "1000"
        ],
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "chiliarch",
          "chiliarch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "chiliarchy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A group of 1000 things, particularly",
        "Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "millennium",
          "millennium#English"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "1000",
          "1000"
        ],
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a period of 1000 years",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "millennium"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈkɪl.iˌæd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chiliad"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.