millionnaire

English

Noun

millionnaire (plural millionnaires)

1. Archaic spelling of millionaire.
   • 1858, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858‎^[1]:

     The large, smooth, florid millionnaire, dreaming only of senatorial honors, the shouts of the multitude, and the adoration of a party press, cowered like a dog under the lash of the "man of society."

   • 1853, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lucretia, Complete‎^[2]:

     But the state of Dalibard, though prosperous, is not that of the heir to the dead millionnaire.

   • 1914, William Davenport Hulbert, Forest Neighbors‎^[3]:

     He swallowed it, of course, and for the next five minutes he went charging up and down that pond at a great rate, followed by a green glass monster with the name of a millionnaire brewer blown in its side.

French

Etymology

From million +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljɔ.nɛʁ/

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Noun

millionnaire m or f by sense (plural millionnaires)

1. millionaire

Descendants

• → English: millionaire
• → Portuguese: milionário
• → Turkish: milyoner

Adjective

millionnaire (plural millionnaires)

1. Very rich

Derived terms

• multimillionnaire / archimillionnaire

See also

• milliardaire

Further reading

• “millionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.