# millar
## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1300, from Medieval Latin milliaris. Cognate with Portuguese milhar and Spanish millar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [miˈʎaɾ]

#### Noun

millar m (plural millares)
* a thousand
** 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 48:
    Sabean todos que eu Maria Peres, filla de Pero Ares, mareante, morador ẽna villa de Pontevedra, que soo presente, confeso et outorgo que devo et ey de dar et pagar a vos Ares Garçia de Rajoo, mercador, vesiño da dita villa, que sodes presente, dose millares de sardiña arenquada, boa et merchante
    Synonyms: mil, milleiro, millenta
* (archaic) mile
** c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 160:Et tornãdo aqueles passos em estados, et os estados em millares, et os millares em legoas, acharedes y em cada quadra, segũdo esta conta, sete legoas et media, et [ẽnas] quatro quadras [trijnta] legoas; et por esta conta de çerto he que ouvo aquela çidade de [Babilonja trijnta] legoas ẽno çirco aderredor.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Related terms

* mil

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese millar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from millo +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [miˈʎaɾ]

#### Noun

millar m (plural millares)
* millet field
    Synonym: millaria

##### Related terms

* millo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “millar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “millar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “millar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “millar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “millar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Middle English
### Noun

millar
* Alternative form of mylnere

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mīliāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈʝaɾ/ [miˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /miˈʝaɾ/ [miˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /miˈʎaɾ/ [miˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /miˈʃaɾ/ [miˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /miˈʒaɾ/ [miˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mi‧llar

### Noun

millar m (plural millares)
* a unit or group of one thousand
* a thousandish
* a large, indeterminate number

#### Related terms

* mil

### Further reading

* “millar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

millar
* indefinite plural of mille