thousand

Meaning

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)

Synonyms

one thousand

thousandfold

great number

many

lots of

thousands of

box

📦

thou

1000

multitude

myriad

a thousand

thousands

trunk

units

yard

G

G

K

K

M

M

ten hundred

peso

chiliad

dresser

grand

k

k

kilo

m

m

mile

millenary

Translations

mille

1000

mil

1000

tausend

1000

duizend

1000

bin

millar

millier

hezar

1000

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thousend

Inherited from Old English: þūsend

Cognate with Scots: thousand

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: duusend

Cognate with Western Frisian: tûzen

Cognate with Dutch: duizend

Cognate with German: tausend

Cognate with Danish: tusind

Cognate with Swedish: tusen

Cognate with Norwegian: tusen

Cognate with Icelandic: þúsund

Cognate with Faroese: túsund

Cognate with Lithuanian: tūkstantis

Cognate with Polish: tysiąc

Cognate with Russian: ты́сяча

Cognate with Finnish: tuhat

Cognate with Estonian: tuhat

In summary

From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).