billionaire

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• UK: /ˌbɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
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• US: /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH2 L Y AH0 N EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2ǵhéslih2 Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion ▲ French million Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French millionnairebor. English millionaire English -aire English billionaire From billion + -aire.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِلْيَارْدِير (milyārdīr) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Armenian: միլիարդատեր (miliardater) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Belarusian: мільярдэ́р (milʹjardér) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Belarusian: мільярдэ́рка (milʹjardérka) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Burmese: ဘီလီယံနာ (bhiliyamna) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Chinese Cantonese: 億萬富翁 /亿万富翁 (jik1 maan6 fu3 jung1) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Chinese Mandarin: 億萬富翁 /亿万富翁 (yìwàn fùwēng) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Czech: miliardář — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Danish: milliardær — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Dutch: miljardair — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Esperanto: miliardulo — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Estonian: miljardär — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Finnish: miljardööri — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• French: milliardaire — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Georgian: მილიარდერი (miliarderi) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• German: Milliardär — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• German: Milliardärin — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Greek: δισεκατομμυριούχος (disekatommyrioúchos) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Hebrew: מיליארדר (miliarder) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Hebrew: מיליארדרית (miliarderit) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Hungarian: milliárdos — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Icelandic: milljarðamæringur — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Indonesian: milyader — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Italian: miliardario — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Japanese: 億万長者 (okumanchōja) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Japanese: ビリオネア (birionea) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Kazakh: миллиардер (milliarder) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Khmer: អ្នកមានលុយរាប់រយកោដិ (ʼnɑɑkmiənluyrŏəprɔɔykaodeʼ) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Korean: 억만장자 (eongmanjangja) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Macedonian: милијарде́р (milijardér) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Mongolian: тэрбумтан (terbumtan) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Norwegian: milliardær — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Persian: میلیاردر (miliyârder) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Polish: miliarder — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Polish: miliarderka — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Portuguese: bilionário — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Romanian: miliardar — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Romanian: miliardară — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Romansh: milliardari — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Russian: миллиарде́р (milliardér) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Russian: миллиарде́рша (milliardérša) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Serbo-Croatian: милијардер — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Serbo-Croatian: milijarder — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Spanish: milmillonario — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Spanish: millardario — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Spanish: billonario — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Swahili: bilionea — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Swedish: miljardär — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Thai: มหาเศรษฐี (má-hǎa-sèet-tǐi) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Thai: กุฎุมพี (gù-dum-pii) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Turkish: milyarder — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Ukrainian: мільярде́р (milʹjardér) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Ukrainian: мільярде́рка (milʹjardérka) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Urdu: ارب پتی (arab patī) — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)
• Vietnamese: tỉ phú — wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹)