quintillion

See also Quintillion

English

Etymology

quint- (“five”) + -illion; ie the fifth power of a million, 10³⁰.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

quintillion

1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
2. (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.

Synonyms

• 10¹⁸: a long scale trillion
• 10³⁰: a short scale nonillion

Translations

a billion billion, 10¹⁸

• Catalan: trilió (ca)
• Dutch: triljoen
• Esperanto: triiliono (eo)
• Finnish: triljoona (fi)
• French: trillion (fr) m
• Galician: trillón (gl)
• German: Trillion (de) f
• Greek: πεντάκις εκατομμύριο (el) n (pentákis ekatommýrio) (pentákis ekatommýrio)

• Icelandic: trilljón (is) f
• Japanese: 百京 (ja) (hyakkei)
• Malay: kuintilion (ms)
• Polish: trylion m
• Russian: квинтиллион (ru) (kvintillión) m 
• Spanish: trillón (es) m
• Turkish: kentilyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: tỷ tỷ

a million quadrillion, 10³⁰

• Catalan: quintilió (ca)
• Dutch: quintiljoen
• Esperanto: kviniliono (eo)
• Finnish: kvintiljoona (fi)
• French: quintillion (fr) m
• German: Quintillion f, Quinquillion f

• Greek: εννεάκις εκατομμύριο (el) n (enneákis ekatommýrio) (enneákis ekatommýrio)
• Japanese: 百穣 (ja) (hyaku-jō)
• Spanish: quintillón (es) m
• Ukrainian: квінтильйон
• Vietnamese: mười luỹ thừa ba mươi (lit. "ten to the thirtieth power"), ngàn tỷ tỷ tỷ, nghìn tỷ tỷ tỷ

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• Estonian: kvintiljon
• Latin: quintillio

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion.
• ISO prefix: exa- (short scale).

Noun

quintillion (plural quintillions)

1. (figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:zillion.

Translations

any very large number

• French: milliard (fr) m, milliards (fr) m pl, million (fr) m, millions (fr) m pl

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Numeral

quintillion

1. 10³⁰; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion.

Usage notes

• Previous: quadrilliard, 10²⁷
• Next: quintilliard, 10³³