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bĭl'yən
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/ˈbɪljən/
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B IH1 L Y AH0 N
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Either of two large amounts:
a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,0002): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: milliard, thousand million
Antonyms: none provided
Either of two large amounts:
A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Qualifier: British & Australian; long scale; British & Australian; long scale
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trillion[short scale]]>
Antonyms: none provided
An unspecified very large number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, excessive
Examples
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion There were billions of people at the concert.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gazillion
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one thousand million, 1000000000
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
Narrower terms: milliard
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one million million, 1000000000000
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
there were millions of flies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: million, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
From French billion, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illion.
Across languages
Translations 185 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Albanian :
miliardë
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Albanian :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Arabic :
مِلْيَار
(milyār)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Armenian :
միլիարդ
(miliard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Armenian :
միլիառ
(miliaṙ)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Armenian :
հազար միլիոն
(hazar milion)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Azerbaijani :
milyard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Basque :
miliar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Basque :
mila milioi
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Belarusian :
мілья́рд
(milʹjárd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Bengali :
বিলিয়ন
(biliẏon)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Breton :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Bulgarian :
милиа́рд
(miliárd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Burmese :
ပကောဋိ
(pa.kau:ti.)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Burmese :
ဘီလီယံ
(bhiliyam)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Catalan :
mil milió
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Catalan :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Catalan :
mil milions
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Cebuano :
wakat
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Cebuano :
bilyon
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Chichewa :
biliyoni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Chinese Cantonese :
十億 /十亿
(sap6 jik1)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Chinese :
十億 /十亿
(cha̍p ek)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Chinese Mandarin :
十億 /十亿
(shíyì)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Crimean Tatar :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Czech :
miliarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Danish :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Dutch :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
East Frisian Low German :
miljâard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Esperanto :
miliardo
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Estonian :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Faroese :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Fijian :
bilioni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Finnish :
miljardi
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
French :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
French :
billion
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
French :
mille milliards
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
North Frisian :
Miljārd
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
West-Frisian :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Galician :
mil millóns
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Georgian :
მილიარდი
(miliardi)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
German :
Milliarde
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Greek :
δισεκατομμύριο
(disekatommýrio)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hausa :
biliyan
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hawaiian :
piliona
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hebrew :
מִילְיַארְד
(milyárd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hindi :
अरब
(arab)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hindi :
अर्बुद
(arbud)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hindi :
अब्ज
(abj)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hungarian :
milliárd
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Hungarian :
ezermillió
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Icelandic :
milljarður
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Ido :
miliardo
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Indonesian :
miliar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Interlingua :
milliardo
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Irish :
billiún
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Italian :
miliardo
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Japanese :
十億
(jūoku)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Javanese :
ꦒꦸꦭ꧀ꦩ
(gulma)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Kalmyk :
тербум
(terbum)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Kazakh :
миллиард
(milliard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Khmer :
រយកោដិ
(rɔɔy kaot)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Khmer :
ពាន់លាន
(pŏən liən)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Korean :
십억
(sibeok)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Northern Kurdish :
milyar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Kyrgyz :
миллиард
(milliard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Kyrgyz :
чоку
(coku)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Ladino :
milyarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Lao :
ຕື້
(tư̄)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Lao :
ພັນລ້ານ
(phan lān)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Latin :
milliardum
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Latvian :
miljards
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Lithuanian :
milijardas
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Luxembourgish :
Milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Macedonian :
милија́рда
(milijárda)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malay :
seribu juta
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malay :
bilion
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malay :
ribu juta
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malay :
miliar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malayalam :
നൂറ് കോടി
(nūṟŭ kōṭi)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malayalam :
ശതകോടി
(śatakōṭi)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malayalam :
അറബ്
(aṟabŭ)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Malayalam :
ബില്ല്യൺ
(billyaṇ)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Maltese :
biljun
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Maltese :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Manchu :
ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᠨᠠᡳ
(juwan bunai)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Māori :
piriona
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Marathi :
अब्ज
(abja)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Mongolian :
тэрбум
(terbum)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Navajo :
binyóón
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Nepali :
अरब१
(araba1)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Nepali :
अर्बुद
(arbud)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Niuean :
piliona
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Norwegian Bokmål :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Norwegian Nynorsk :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Occitan :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Old Church Slavonic :
тьма тьмъ
(tĭma tĭmŭ)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Persian :
میلیارد
(milyârd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Persian :
بیلیون
(bilyun)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Polish :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Portuguese :
mil milhões
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Portuguese :
bilhão
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Quechua :
lluna
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Romanian :
miliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Romansh :
milliarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Romansh :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Russian :
миллиа́рд
(milliárd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Russian :
биллио́н
(billión)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Samoan :
piliona
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Sanskrit :
अब्ज
(abja)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Sanskrit :
अर्बुद
(arbuda)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Scottish Gaelic :
billean
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Serbo-Croatian :
милијарда
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Serbo-Croatian :
milijarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Shona :
bhiriyoni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Sicilian :
miliardu
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Slovak :
miliarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Slovene :
milijarda
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Somali :
bilyan
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Spanish :
mil millones
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Spanish :
billón
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Sundanese :
milyar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Swahili :
bilioni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Swedish :
miljard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tagalog :
libong-angaw
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tagalog :
bilyon
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tagalog :
gatos
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tagalog :
sanggatos
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tajik :
миллиард
(milliard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tamil :
நூறுகோடி
(nūṟukōṭi)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tatar :
миллиард
(milliyard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Thai :
พันล้าน
(pan-láan)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Tongan :
piliona
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Turkish :
milyar
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Turkmen :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Ukrainian :
мілья́рд
(milʹjárd)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Urdu :
ارب
(arab)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Uyghur :
مىليارد
(milyard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Uzbek :
milliard
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Vietnamese :
một tỉ
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Vietnamese :
tỉ
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Vietnamese :
tỷ
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Welsh :
biliwn
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Xhosa :
ibhiliyoni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Yiddish :
מיליאַרד
(milyard)
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Yup'ik :
tiissitsaaq miilicaaq
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Zulu :
ibhiliyoni
— a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
Armenian :
երկիլիոն
(erkilion)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Basque :
bilioi
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Catalan :
bilió
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Chinese Mandarin :
兆
(zhào)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Chinese Mandarin :
萬億 /万亿
(wànyì)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Czech :
bilión
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Danish :
billion
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Dutch :
biljoen
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Esperanto :
duiliono
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Faroese :
billión
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Finnish :
biljoona
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
French :
billion
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
German :
Billion
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Greek :
τρισεκατομμύριο
(trisekatommýrio)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Italian :
bilione
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Japanese :
兆
(chō)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Korean :
조
(jo)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Manchu :
ᠰᠠᠵᠠ
(saja)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Māori :
piriona
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Persian :
تریلیون
(trilyun)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Polish :
bilion
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Portuguese :
bilião
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Portuguese :
trilhão
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Romanian :
bilion
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Russian :
триллио́н
(trillión)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Sanskrit :
महापद्म
(mahāpadma)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Sicilian :
triliuni
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Slovak :
bilión
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Spanish :
billón
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Swedish :
biljon
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Turkish :
trilyon
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Urdu :
مِلْیُن
(milyun)
— a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion
Finnish :
miljardi
— (plural) a very large number
French :
milliards
— (plural) a very large number
French :
millions
— (plural) a very large number
Polish :
bilion
— (plural) a very large number
Portuguese :
bilião
— (plural) a very large number
