Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milligram

/ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: mil-ligram
IPA: /ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³ grams. Symbol: mg

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: gram < kilogram < megagram < gigagram"
"Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram"
"The US Food and Drug Administration defines this limit as anything more than 400 milligrams of caffeine daily for healthy adults. This is equivalent to four or five cups of coffee."
"Blue No. 1 and yellow No. 6 may also be toxic to some human cells. And as little as 1 milligram of yellow dye No. 5 may cause irritability, restlessness and sleep disturbances for sensitive children."

Etymology

Borrowed from French milligramme, equivalent to milli- + gram.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/

Inflected Forms

milligrams (plural) milligramme (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

micromilligram millimilligram

Synonyms

mg

Rhymes With

kilogram

Questions

How do you pronounce milligram?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/.
What does milligram mean?: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³ grams. Symbol: mg
Where does milligram come from?: Borrowed from French milligramme, equivalent to milli- + gram.

How to pronounce milligram

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