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vigintillion

num · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪljən

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Meaning 1

Originally, in accordance with the long scale, the twentieth power of a million, 10120; now (originally US), in accordance with the short scale, more usually 1063.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From viginti- + -illion.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: dekiliardo — 1063
  • Finnish: tuhat dekiljoonaa — 1063
  • French: décilliard — 1063
  • German: Dezilliarde — 1063
  • Hungarian: decilliárd — 1063
  • Italian: deciliardo — 1063
  • Japanese: 千那由他 (sennayuta) — 1063
  • Malay: vigintilion — 1063
  • Mongolian: үлэшгүй (ülešgüj) — 1063
  • Polish: wigintylion — 1063
  • Russian: вигинтиллио́н (vigintillión) — 1063
  • Finnish: vigintiljoona — 10120
  • German: Vigintillion — 10120
  • Polish: wigintylion — 10120