ml

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ml"

Translingual

Etymology 1

From m- +‎ l.

Alternative forms

• mL, mℓ, ㎖

Symbol

ml

1. (metrology) Symbol for millilitre, an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10⁻³ litres.

Usage notes

• In the United States, Canada, and Australia, "mL" is used in preference to "ml" or to "mℓ".

Translations

symbol for the millilitre

• Finnish: ml (fi)
• French: ml (fr)
• Italian: ml (it), mL (it)
• Portuguese: ml
• Spanish: ml
• Thai: มล. (th) (mɔɔ-lɔɔ)

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Malayalam or Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ).

Symbol

ml

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Malayalam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Malayalam terms

English

Noun

ml (plural ml or (rare) mls)

1. (metrology) Symbol for millilitre, an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10⁻³ litres.
   • 2001 August 11, Jay Rayner, “The cook, the chef, the critic...”, in The Observer‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2013:

     For the pastry (pate brisée): […] 45 mls water […] Redcurrant and Dijon mustard sauce […] 500 mls lamb or beef stock (the ready made kind is perfect) […] Brown a teaspoon of flour in the oil on the hob and then pour in 250 mls of stock. […] Lemon Mascarpone cream […] 150 mls single cream

   • 2015 July 24, Euan McLelland, “Mother-of-six battling breast cancer gets three-year drink-drive ban for PUSHING a car to a safe spot after it ran out of petrol”, in Daily Mail‎^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 August 2015:

     A roadside breathalyser found she had 50 mgs alcohol in 100 mls of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.

   • 2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE‎^[3], →DOI:

     In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ml.

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ml/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ml (perfective mli or mla, imperfective mmal, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵍ, Arabic spelling مل)

1. to show
2. to explain
3. to teach

Derived terms

• anmmal (“teacher”)
• tinml (“school”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ml (perfective ml or mil, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵍ, Arabic spelling مل)

1. can
2. to be possible

   اور يميل ― Ur imil ― Impossible

Derived terms

• imil (“then”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 M–Š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN