trillion

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English

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Etymology

From French trillion.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Cardinal number

trillion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion
• ISO prefix: tera-

Translations

a million million, 10¹²

Armenian: տրիլիոն (hy) (trilion) Catalan: bilió (ca) Czech: bilión (cs) m. Dutch: biljoen Esperanto: duiliono (eo) Estonian: biljon (et) Finnish: biljoona (fi) French: billion (fr), (obsolete) trillion (fr) German: Billion (de) Greek: τρισεκατομμύριο n. Greenlandic: billioni (kl) Italian: trilione

Japanese: 兆 (ちょう, chō) Maltese: biljun Navajo: chiyóón Novial: bilione Russian: триллион (ru) (trillión) m. Slovak: bilión (sk) m. Spanish: billón (es) m. Swedish: biljon (sv) c. Tatar: триллион, trillion Turkish: trilyon Ukrainian: трильйон

a million million million, 10¹⁸

Catalan: trilió (ca) Czech: trilión (cs) m. Dutch: triljoen Esperanto: triiliono (eo) Estonian: triljon (et) Finnish: triljoona (fi) French: trillion (fr) German: Trillion (de) Maltese: triljun

Novial: trilione Polish: trylion (pl) m. Russian: квинтиллион (ru) (kvintillión) m. Sinhalese: ත්‍රිලියනය (thriliyanaya) Slovak: trilión (sk) m. Spanish: trillón (es) m. Swedish: triljon (sv) c. Turkish: kentilyon

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• Serbo-Croatian: bilion m.
• Romanian: bilion n.

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French

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) + -illion, from million; i.e. a million million million.

Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as trimillion. Rendered as tryllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.

Cardinal number

trillion

1. 10¹⁸; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.

Usage notes

• Previous: billiard, 10¹⁵
• Next: trilliard, 10²¹

Related terms

• billion, coined at same time

Descendants

• Catalan: trilió

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Tatar

Cardinal number

trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)

1. (cardinal) trillion (10¹²)

Declension

    declension of trillion

nominative	trillion
genitive	trillionnıñ
dative	trillionga
accusative	trillionnı
locative	trillionda
ablative	trillionnan