noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌmɪl.jəˈnɛɹ/
Canada, General-American:/ˈmɪl.jəˌnɛɹ/
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Australian:/ˌmɪl.jəˈneː(ɹ)/
Australia, Western:/ˌmɪl.jəˈneə̯(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 1
Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (106) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: millionist
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rich person, wealthy person, have
History
Etymology
From French millionnaire. By surface analysis, million + -aire.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
milioner
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Arabic:
مَلْيُونِير
(malyūnīr)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Armenian:
միլիոնատեր
(milionater)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Azerbaijani:
milyoner
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Belarusian:
мільяне́р
(milʹjanjér)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Belarusian:
мільяне́рка
(milʹjanjérka)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Bulgarian:
милионе́р
(milionér)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Burmese:
သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး
(san:krwaisuhte:)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Burmese:
မီလီယံနာ
(miliyamna)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Catalan:
milionari
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Chinese Mandarin:
百萬富翁 /百万富翁
(bǎiwàn fùwēng)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Chinese Mandarin:
巨富
(jùfù)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Czech:
milionář
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Danish:
millionær
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Dutch:
miljonair
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Esperanto:
milionulo
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Estonian:
miljonär
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Finnish:
miljonääri
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
French:
millionnaire
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Galician:
millonario
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Galician:
millonaria
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Georgian:
მილიონერი
(milioneri)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
German:
Millionär
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
German:
Millionärin
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Greek:
εκατομμυριούχος
(ekatommyrioúchos)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Greenlandic:
millionæri
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Greenlandic:
millioneeri
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Gujarati:
કરોડપતિ
(karoḍpati)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Hebrew:
מִילְיוֹנֶר
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Hindi:
करोड़पति
(karoṛpati)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Hungarian:
milliomos
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Hungarian:
milliomosnő
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Icelandic:
milljónamæringur
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Icelandic:
milli
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Indonesian:
jutawan
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Irish:
milliúnaí
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Italian:
milionario
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Japanese:
大富豪
(daifugō)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Japanese:
百万長者
(hyakumanchōja)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Japanese:
ミリオネア
(mirionea)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Korean:
백만장자
(baengmanjangja)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Lao:
ເສດຖີເງິນລ້ານ
(sēt thī ngœn lān)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Lao:
ເສດຖີ
(sēt thī)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Latin:
milliōnārius
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Latin:
milliōnāria
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Latvian:
miljonārs
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Latvian:
miljonāre
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Lithuanian:
milijonierius
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Macedonian:
милионе́р
(milionér)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Malay:
jutawan
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Maltese:
miljunarju
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Maltese:
miljunarja
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Mongolian:
саятан
(sajatan)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Norman:
millionnaithe
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Norwegian Bokmål:
millionær
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Norwegian Nynorsk:
millionær
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Persian:
میلیونر
(milyoner)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Polish:
milioner
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Polish:
milionerka
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Portuguese:
milionário
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Punjabi:
ਮਿਲੀਅਨਏਅਰ
(milīanaēara)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Romanian:
milionar
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Romanian:
milionară
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Russian:
миллионе́р
(millionér)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Russian:
миллионе́рша
(millionérša)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Serbo-Croatian:
милионер
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Serbo-Croatian:
milioner
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Slovak:
milionár
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Slovene:
milijonar
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Slovene:
milijonarka
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Spanish:
millonario
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Spanish:
millonaria
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Swahili:
milionea
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Swedish:
miljonär
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Tamil:
லட்சாதிபதி
(laṭcātipati)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Tamil:
கோடீஸ்வரன்
(kōṭīsvaraṉ)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Thai:
เศรษฐี
(sèet-tǐi)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Turkish:
milyoner
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Ukrainian:
мільйоне́р
(milʹjonér)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Ukrainian:
мільйоне́рка
(milʹjonérka)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Uyghur:
مىليونېر
(milyonër)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Vietnamese:
triệu phú
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Welsh:
miliwnydd
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
Yiddish:
מיליאָנער
(milyoner)
— somebody whose wealth is greater than one million
