Masculino

billion

(Inglés)

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

Frecuencia

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/bi.ljɔ̃/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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”.

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