Standard Lemma guide

sexdecillion

num · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌsɛksdəˈsɪl.i.ən/
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  • rhymes with -ɪljən

1

num

Meaning 1

1051.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, rare

Qualifier: modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale

Examples

  • 1994, The Arithmetic Teacher, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion....

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

1096.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, rare

Qualifier: British & Australian; long scale; British & Australian; long scale

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin sēdec(im), sexdec(im) (“sixteen”) + English -illion. By surface analysis, sex- (“six”) + decillion.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: okiliardo — 1051
  • Finnish: tuhat oktiljoonaa — 1051
  • Finnish: oktiljardi — 1051
  • German: Oktilliarde — 1051
  • Hungarian: oktilliárd — 1051
  • Japanese: 千極 (sengoku) — 1051
  • Malay: seksdesilion — 1051
  • Mongolian: асрахуй (asraxuj) — 1051
  • Polish: seksdecylion — 1051
  • Russian: сексдециллион (seksdecillion) — 1051
  • Finnish: sedekiljoona — 1096 — see also untrigintillion
  • German: Sexdezillion — 1096 — see also untrigintillion
  • Polish: seksdecylion — 1096 — see also untrigintillion