millieme

[meel-yem, mee-yem]

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.

millieme

¹

/ miːlˈjɛm /

noun

1. Also called: millime. a Tunisian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar

millième

²

/ miːlˈjɛm /

noun

1. an Egyptian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a lira

Word History and Origins

Origin of millieme¹

1900–05; < French millième ≪ Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of millieme¹

from French millième thousandth