milimita
mee-lee-MEE-tah
How to say it
Swahilimilimitamee-lee-MEE-tahsoon
Englishmillimetersoon
Frenchmillimètresoon
Meaning
A unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter, used for small sizes and for measuring rainfall.
Good to know
N class noun, plural also milimita: milimita tano, five millimeters; mvua ya milimita 30, 30 millimeters of rain. It is often written mm.
Examples
- Mvua ya milimita hamsini ilinyesha jana.Fifty millimeters of rain fell yesterday.
- Waya huu una unene wa milimita mbili.This wire is two millimeters thick.
- Kamera hiyo hutumia filamu ya milimita thelathini na tano.That camera uses thirty five millimeter film.
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