millennium

Meaning

1. (countable) A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
2. The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
3. (archaic) A long era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity.
4. (with-definite-article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

Synonyms

millenary

perpetuity

long time

a thousand years

thousand years

one thousand years

Translations

millénaire

Jahrtausend

milenio

millennio

Millennium

millennium

milénio

mil·lenni

χιλιετία

milênio

milenario

binyıl

χιλιετηρίδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

Etymology

From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).