Masculine
billion
- (masculine) trillion (10¹²)
- (dated, masculine) billion (10⁹)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bi.ljɔ̃/
Etymology
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”.
billón
Billion
bilhão
biljoen
trilyon
bilione
τρισεκατομμύριο bilion
bilió miliard
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