un millier de

a thousand

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phrase Rare #33,455

a thousand Used before a plural noun to indicate a thousand of something; it can also be used figuratively to mean a very large number.

FR: Un millier de personnes attendent devant le musée.

EN: A thousand people are waiting outside the museum.

There is a bright spirit here, filled with a thousand colorful dreams.

— Des étoiles sur la terre (2007)

There were about a thousand people.

I've made this journey a thousand times.

I have treated more than a thousand patients.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

I don't have more than a thousand yen.

I've lived a thousand lives.

A thousand spikes have pierced your nerves and veins.

— Ne Zha 2 (2025)

There may have been as many as a thousand people there.

I've done this a thousand times.

You would need a thousand of these pieces.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

There could have been a thousand people.