How to pronounce milliliter
American English pronunciation
MIL-uh-lee-ter
- IPA
- /ˈmɪləˌlitɚ/
- Syllables
- MIL · uh · lee · ter (4 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What milliliter means
A tiny metric unit for liquid, about twenty drops
In a sentence: Add one milliliter of food coloring to the water.
Where it comes from: It is milli-, from a Latin word for thousand, with liter. A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter.
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