num · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌsɛptəndəˈsɪl.i.ən/
rhymes with -ɪljən
1
num
Meaning 1
1054.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, US, modern, rare
Qualifier: short scale
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
num
Meaning 2
10102.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, dated, rare
Qualifier: long scale
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin septendec(im) (“seventeen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, septen- + decillion.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
naŭiliono
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Finnish:
noniljoona
— 1054 — see also nonillion
German:
Nonillion
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Hungarian:
nonillió
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Japanese:
百恒河沙
(hyakugōgasha)
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Malay:
septendesilion
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Polish:
milion oktylionów
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Polish:
nonilion
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Russian:
септендециллион
(septendecillion)
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Russian:
септемдециллион
(septemdecillion)
— 1054 — see also nonillion
Dutch:
septendeciljoen
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Finnish:
septendekiljoona
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion
French:
septendécillion
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion
German:
Septendezillion
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Polish:
septendecylion
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion
Russian:
третригинтиллион
(tretrigintillion)
— 10102 — see also tretrigintillion