sextillion

See also Sextillion

English

Etymology

From the prefix sext- (six) + -illion (from million); ie the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Cardinal number

sextillion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.

Synonyms

• 10³⁶: a short scale undecillion

Translations

a trillion billion, 10²¹

Dutch: triljard (nl) Finnish: triljardi (fi) German: Trilliarde

Japanese: 十垓 (ja) (jū-gai) Polish: tryliard m. Russian: секстиллион (ru) (sekstillión) m.

a million quintillion, 10³⁶

Dutch: sextiljoen Finnish: sekstiljoona (fi)

German: Sextillion (de) Japanese: 一澗 (ja) (ikkan)

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• Estonian: sekstiljon
• Latin: sextillio