English Explanatory Dictionary

billion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. Either of two large amounts:
  2. a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
  3. A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard.
  4. An unspecified very large number.

Pronunciation

bĭl'yən /ˈbɪljən/ en-us-billion.ogg /ˈbɪ(l)jən/

Word forms

billion billions

Etymology

From French billion, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illion.

Synonyms

milliard thousand million trillion[short scale]]> gazillion

Related words

trillion coined at same time zillion coined after the series million quadrillion gazillion same origin -illion giga- Previous: million. Next trillion. Previous: milliard. Next billiard.

Derived words

Barbillion billionaire billion-dollar grass billion-dollar question billion laughs Boring Billion centibillion golden billion megabillion multi-billion multibillion multibillions

Translations

Armenian: երկիլիոն Basque: bilioi Catalan: bilió Chinese Mandarin: 兆 Chinese Mandarin: 萬億 /万亿 Czech: bilión Danish: billion Dutch: biljoen Esperanto: duiliono Faroese: billión Finnish: biljoona French: billion German: Billion Greek: τρισεκατομμύριο Italian: bilione Japanese: 兆 Korean: 조 Manchu: ᠰᠠᠵᠠ Māori: piriona Persian: تریلیون Polish: bilion Portuguese: bilião Portuguese: trilhão Romanian: bilion Russian: триллио́н Sanskrit: महापद्म Sicilian: triliuni Slovak: bilión Spanish: billón Swedish: biljon Turkish: trilyon Urdu: مِلْیُن
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