noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:M AH2 L T IY0 M IH2 L Y AH0 N EH1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M AH2 L T AY0 M IH2 L Y AH0 N EH1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- 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 million Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French millionnairebor. English millionaire English multimillionaire From multi- + millionaire.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
multimiljonair
— person worth many millions
Catalan:
multimilionari
— person worth many millions
Catalan:
multimilionària
— person worth many millions
Chinese Mandarin:
千萬富豪 /千万富豪
(qiānwàn fùháo)
— person worth many millions
Chinese Mandarin:
千萬富翁 /千万富翁
(qiānwàn fùwēng)
— person worth many millions
Czech:
multimilionář
— person worth many millions
Dutch:
multimiljonair
— person worth many millions
Esperanto:
multimilionulo
— person worth many millions
Estonian:
multimiljonär
— person worth many millions
Finnish:
monimiljonääri
— person worth many millions
French:
multimillionnaire
— person worth many millions
Galician:
multimillonario
— person worth many millions
Galician:
multimillonaria
— person worth many millions
Georgian:
მულტიმილიონერი
(mulṭimilioneri)
— person worth many millions
German:
Multimillionär
— person worth many millions
German:
Multimillionärin
— person worth many millions
Greek:
πολυεκατομμυριούχος
(polyekatommyrioúchos)
— person worth many millions
Hungarian:
multimilliomos
— person worth many millions
Hungarian:
többszörös milliomos
— person worth many millions
Indonesian:
jutawan besar
— person worth many millions
Italian:
multimilionario
— person worth many millions
Italian:
multimilionaria
— person worth many millions
Japanese:
千万長者
(senbanchōsha)
— person worth many millions
Javanese:
multimiliuner
— person worth many millions
Kazakh:
мультимиллионер
(multimillioner)
— person worth many millions
Korean:
천만장자
(cheonmanjangja)
— person worth many millions
Latvian:
multimiljonārs
— person worth many millions
Lithuanian:
multimilijonierius
— person worth many millions
Macedonian:
мултимилионе́р
(multimilionér)
— person worth many millions
Manx:
yl-villiooneyder
— person worth many millions
Norwegian:
mangemillionær
— person worth many millions
Polish:
multimilioner
— person worth many millions
Portuguese:
multimilionário
— person worth many millions
Portuguese:
multimilionária
— person worth many millions
Romanian:
multimilionar
— person worth many millions
Romanian:
multimilionară
— person worth many millions
Russian:
мультимиллионе́р
(mulʹtimillionér)
— person worth many millions
Russian:
мультимиллионе́рша
(mulʹtimillionérša)
— person worth many millions
Samoan:
mulitimilionea
— person worth many millions
Samoan:
tele milionea
— person worth many millions
Slovak:
multimilionár
— person worth many millions
Slovene:
multimilijonar
— person worth many millions
Spanish:
multimillonario
— person worth many millions
Spanish:
multimillonaria
— person worth many millions
Swedish:
mångmiljonär
— person worth many millions
Tagalog:
multimilyonaryo
— person worth many millions
Tagalog:
multimilyunaryo
— person worth many millions
Tajik:
мултимиллионер
(multimillioner)
— person worth many millions
Turkish:
multimilyoner
— person worth many millions
Ukrainian:
мультимільйонер
(mulʹtymilʹjoner)
— person worth many millions
Welsh:
mwltimiliwnydd
— person worth many millions
