million

See also Million

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Italian milione (“million”), from mille (“thousand”) (from Latin mille) + the augmentative suffix -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmɪljən], [ˈmɪʎən], X-SAMPA: /"mIlj@n/

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: mil‧lion

Cardinal numeral

million

1. (long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10⁶.

See also

• (short scale) Previous: thousand. Next: billion
• (long scale) Previous: thousand. Next: milliard
• (Ordinal) millionth
• ISO prefix: mega-

Derived terms

• like a million bucks
• megamillion
• millionary
• millionfold
• millionth
• millionaire
• never in a million years
• one in a million
• one million
• thanks a million

Related terms

• billion
• trillion

Translations

cardinal number

• Afrikaans: miljoen (af)
• Albanian: milion (sq)
• Arabic: مليون (ar) (milyón, malyūn) m, ١٠٠٠٠٠٠ (ar)
• Armenian: միլիոն (hy) (milion)
• Azeri: milyon (az)
• Belarusian: мільён (be) (milʹjón) m
• Bengali: নুযুত (bn) (nuyuta), মিলিয়ন (bn) (miliẏôn)
• Breton: milion
• Bulgarian: милион (bg) (milión) m
• Burmese: တသန်း (my) (tăthan:)
• Catalan: milió (ca) m
• Chechen: миллион (million)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 百萬, 百万 (baak3 maan6)

  Mandarin: 百萬 (cmn), 百万 (cmn) (bǎi-wàn)

• Crimean Tatar: million
• Czech: milión (cs) m
• Danish: million (da)
• Dutch: miljoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: miliono (eo)
• Estonian: miljon (et)
• Finnish: miljoona (fi)
• French: million (fr) m
• Georgian: მილიონი (ka) (milioni)
• German: Million (de) f
• Greek: εκατομμύριο (el) (ekatommírio) n
• Guaraní: sua
• Guernésiais: millaon
• Gujarati: દશ લાખ (gu) (daśalākha)
• Hawaiian: miliona
• Hebrew: מיליון (he) (million)
• Hiligaynon: hambad, milyon, ramak
• Hindi: दस लाख (hi) (das lākh), १०००००० (hi)
• Hungarian: millió (hu)
• Icelandic: milljón (is), miljón (is) f
• Indonesian: juta (id)
• Interlingua: un million
• Irish: milliún (ga) m
• Italian: milione (it) m
• Japanese: 百万 (ja) (ひゃくまん, hyaku-man)
• Kazakh: миллион (kk) (mïllïon)
• Khmer: មួយលាន (km) (muŏy léan)
• Korean: 백만 (ko) (baek-man, baeng-man) (百萬 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: миллион (ky) (million)
• Lao: ລ້ານ (lo) (laan)

• Latvian: miljons (lv) m
• Lithuanian: milijonas (lt) m
• Lojban: ki'u ki'u (jbo)
• Macedonian: милион (mk) (milión) m
• Malay: juta (ms)
• Maltese: miljun (mt)
• Manx: millioon (gv)
• Middle French: million
• Mongolian: сая (mn) (saja)
• Navajo: t'ááłáhádí mííltsoh, miiltsoh
• Norwegian: million (no) m
• Novial: milione
• Ojibwe: midaaswaak daso-midaawaak
• Persian: میلیون (fa) (milyon)
• Polish: milion (pl) m
• Portuguese: milhão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਦਸ ਲਾਖ (pa) (das lākh)
• Romanian: milion (ro) n
• Russian: миллион (ru) (millión) m
• Sanskrit: दशलक्षं (sa) (daśalakṣa), नियुत (sa) (niyuta)
• Scottish Gaelic: millean (gd) m, muillean (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: милѝо̄н (sh) m, милѝјӯн (sh) m

  Roman: milìōn (sh) m, milìjūn (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මිලියනය (si) (miliyanaya)
• Slovak: milión (sk) m
• Slovene: milijon (sl)
• Spanish: un millón (es) m
• Swedish: miljon (sv) c
• Tagalog: milyon (tl)
• Tajik: миллион (tg) (million)
• Tatar: миллион (tt) (million)
• Telugu: పది లక్షలు (te) (padi lakshalu)
• Thai: ล้าน (th) (láan), ๑๐๐๐๐๐๐ (th)
• Turkish: bir milyon (tr)
• Turkmen: million (tk)
• Ukrainian: мільйон (uk) (milʹjón) m
• Urdu: دس لاکھ (ur) (das lākh)
• Uzbek: million (uz)
• Vietnamese: triệu (vi)
• Volapük: balion (vo)
• Welsh: miliwn (cy)
• Yiddish: מיליאָן (yi) (milyon)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French million.

Cardinal numeral

million

1. million

Declension

    declension of million

nominative	million
genitive	millionnıñ
dative	millionğa
accusative	millionnı
locative	millionda
ablative	milliondan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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French

Etymology

From Italian milione.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mi.ljɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /mi.ljO~/

Numeral

million

1. million, 10⁶.

Usage notes

• Previous: mille, 10³
• Next: milliard, 10⁹

Derived terms

• millionnaire

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Interlingua

Noun

million (plural milliones)

1. million

Cardinal numeral

un million

1. a million, one million

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Middle French

Noun

million m (plural millions)

1. (cardinal) million, 10⁶.

Descendants

• Catalan: milió

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Norwegian

Cardinal numeral

million

1. A million, 10⁶.

Inflection

    Inflection of million

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	million	millionen	millioner	millionene
Nynorsk m	million	millionen	millionar	millionane

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Swedish

Noun

million c

1. Obsolete spelling of miljon.

Declension

Declension of million

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	million	millionen	millioner	millionerna
genitive	millions	millionens	millioners	millionernas

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Tatar

Cardinal numeral

million (Cyrillic spelling миллион)

1. (cardinal) million