bilió

Catalan

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Cardinal: un bilió     Ordinal: bilionèsim
Catalan Wikipedia article on 1012

Etymology

Borrowed from French billion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [bi.liˈo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

bilió f (plural bilions)

1. (cardinal number) trillion (10¹²)

Usage notes

• Milió, bilió and larger numbers are followed by de or d' unless a smaller number comes between milió, bilió, etc and the item being counted. Hence:
  • El gratacel va costar mil tres-cents quaranta-dos milions d'euros.

    The skyscraper cost one thousand three hundred forty-two million euros.

  • Un milió sis-centes quinze mil nou-centes vuit persones resideixen a Barcelona.

    One million six hundred fifteen thousand nine hundred and eight people reside in Barcelona.

• Unlike cent or mil, milió, bilió and larger numbers are often preceded un or una when there is only one of them.
• Catalan uses the long scale except when intentionally forming calques of short scale terms from other languages.

Derived terms

• bilionèsim

Further reading

• “bilió” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bilió”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bilió” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bilió” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.