SINCE 1828
mille
noun
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Definition of mille
: thousand
Examples of mille in a Sentence
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In a year of larger-than-life trends (mille-feuille coats! — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, "Sophie Buhai’s Baroque Pearl Crown Is the Only Accessory You Need to Ring In 2019," 28 Dec. 2018 Recommended Dishes Blowfish à la diable; oysters and chipolatas; brouillade with snails; duck frites; rotisserie lobster; calf’s liver; artichoke tagine; mille-feuille; chocolate palette. — New York Times, "It’s Not Fake French, It’s Frenchette," 10 July 2018 Pollak’s tough-love scolding aside, her sort of mille-feuille bed-making is simply passé today, as more and more people look to the European style, where the fitted + duvet cover has long reigned supreme. — Liz Krieger, Town & Country, "It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Top Sheets For Good," 20 June 2018 The kitchen is especially adept at dessert, so save room for the pistachio mille-feuille. — Fortune, "14 Perfect Date Night Ideas in Cities Around the World," 13 Feb. 2018 The country has so many bewildering layers of regulations that its system is known, unaffectionately, as mille-feuille, a reference to a densely layered pastry. — David Segal, New York Times, "As Brexit Looms, Paris Tries a Business Makeover," 10 Dec. 2017 More than just creating a geological mille feuille of our past, scientists warn that this phenomenon is also making a deep impact on our terrestrial future. — Starre Vartan, Slate Magazine, "Humans Produce So Much Junk, We Are Creating a New Geological Layer," 29 Mar. 2017 That mille-feuille effect is one of the glories of repertory companies like this one, in which members of a resident troupe of actors play two or three different roles a week in a wide variety of productions. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume," 14 Aug. 2017 Courtesy of Katie Sanders We continued the afternoon traversing Paris and enjoying mille-feuille in the public gardens of the Palais Royal. — Katie Sanders, Marie Claire, "Three Generations, Two Young Women, and One Incredible Story of Survival in WWII," 16 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mille.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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