How do you pronounce thousand?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/.

Where does thousand come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

thousand

/ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: thou-sand
IPA: /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/

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Meaning

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A numerical value equal to 1,000; ten times a hundred (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation)

Example Sentences

"The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month."
"Many thousands of people came to the conference."
"Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it brings us to the Tchou dynasty, where the events of Chinese history "begin to be more trustworthy.""
"The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there."
"Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers."
"And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥? Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm? Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont- Proto-Germanic *þūsundī Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi Old English þūsend Middle English thousend English thousand From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thousend, þūsend, *þūsundi, *þūsundī, *tuHsont-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈθaʊz(ə)n(d)/
British English: /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/

Inflected Forms

thousands (plural) 1000 (alternative) M (alternative) kilo- (alternative) thousan' (alternative)

Derived Forms

thousandaire tenthousandaire thousander thousandfold thousandsome thousandth yearthousand

Phrases

one thousand one thousand and one thousand and one thousand one two thousand three thousand four thousand five thousand

Frequently Paired Words

million milliard thousand million billion trillion quadrillion quintillion sextillion

Synonyms

nillion illion one thousand one nillion one illion a thousand a nillion an illion ten hundred