billion

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) trillion (10¹²)
2. (dated, masculine) billion (10⁹)

Sinonieme

milliard

1000000000

trillion

bill

1000000000

mille milliards

Vertalings

trillion

billón

billion

bilhão

Billion

biljoen

trilyon

bilione

τρισεκατομμύριο

bilió

bilião

trilhão

milyar

1000000000

one million million

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/bi.ljɔ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

From bi- (“two”) + -illion; i.e., a million million.
Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as by-million.
Rendered as byllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.