millennial
Thousand-year-old; also thousands of years oldThousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.
» Most of the company's sales come from urban millennials.
Meaning
5 senses(not comparable)Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.
tausendjährig
relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
(not comparable)Occurring every thousand years.
тысячеле́тнийtysjačelétnij
(not comparable)Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.
(not comparable)Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening.
a millennial fair
тысячеле́тнийtysjačelétnij
(not comparable)Synonym of millenarian (“pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth”).
the millennial judgment
Examples
33 sentencesMost of the company's sales come from urban millennials.
Most millennials have never taken a bath in a tub.
deDie meisten Angehörigen der Generation Y haben nie je ein Wannenbad genommen. — brauchinet
An excess of succulents is a common feature of millennials.
For starters, millennials are more adventurous and want to try something new.
Millennials are much more health conscious.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin mīllennium (“millennium”) + English -The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin mīllennium (“millennium”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming nouns). The English word may be analysed as millennium + -al or milli- (prefix meaning ‘thousand’) + -ennial (suffix meaning ‘years’).
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years:millennian