How to pronounce millennium
American English pronunciation
mih-LEN-ee-um
- IPA
- /mɪˈlɛni.əm/
- Syllables
- mih · LEN · ee · um (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What millennium means
A stretch of time one thousand years long
In a sentence: Some giant redwood trees have been growing for more than a millennium.
Where it comes from: From Latin, built from words meaning "a thousand" and "year."
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