n.
Pronunciation: ' thau ̇ -z ə n(d)
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural thousands or thousand
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English th ū send; akin to Old High German d ū sunt thousand, Lithuanian t ū kstantis, and probably to Sanskrit tavas strong, Latin tum ē re to swell ― more at THUMB
Date: before 12th century
1 ― see NUMBER table
2 : a very large number < thousand s of ants>
– thousand adjective
– thou · sand · fold \ -z ə n(d)- ˌ f ō ld \ adjective or adverb
– thou · sandth \ -z ə n(t)th \ adjective or noun