a Tunisian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar
Also called: millime
Word origin
from French millième thousandth
millième in British English
(miːlˈjɛm)
noun
an Egyptian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a lira
millieme in American English
(milˈjem, miˈjem)
noun
1.
a cupronickel coin of Egypt and Sudan, the 1000th part of a pound or the 10th part of a piaster
2.
a former coin and monetary unit of Libya, the 1000th part of a pound: replaced by the dirham
Word origin
[1900–05; ‹ F millième ‹‹ L millēsimus thousandth, equiv. to mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, elder statesman, geopolitics, hookup, throwaway