milliliters
USMIL-i-lee-terz/ˈmɪlɪˌlitɚz/UKMIL-i-lee-tuhz/ˈmɪlɪˌliːtəz/
UK spellingmillilitres
- 1Plural of milliliter.
The recipe calls for two hundred milliliters of milk.
The nurse drew several milliliters of blood for testing.
Note
The American spelling of the plural, carrying over the US -er ending of the singular milliliter. Writers who follow the other convention use millilitre, so its plural becomes millilitres. Either way the plural is regular, formed with a plain -s, and the singular is reserved for a count of exactly one: one milliliter, but three milliliters. Pick one spelling and keep it throughout a text.
milliliters is a form of milliliter
milliliter, noun: A unit of capacity equal to one thousandth of a liter, written with the symbol mL or ml. Full entry
- Forms
- millilitermilliliters plural
- Spelling
- milliliter → milliliters: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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