sextillion

See also: Sextillion

English

Etymology

From sext- (“six”) +‎ -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛksˈtɪljən/
• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

sextillion (plural sextillions)

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

Synonyms

• (10²¹): a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard)
• (10³⁶): a short scale undecillion

Translations

a trillion billion, 10²¹ — see also trilliard

• Armenian: հազար եռիլիոն (hazar eṙilion)
• Dutch: triljard (nl)
• Esperanto: triiliardo
• Finnish: triljardi
• French: trilliard (fr)
• German: Trilliarde (de)
• Hungarian: trilliárd (hu)
• Italian: triliardo (it)
• Japanese: 十垓 (jū-gai)
• Korean: 십해 (siphae)
• Malay: sekstilion
• Malayalam: ധൂളി (ml) (dhūḷi) (archaic)
• Polish: tryliard (pl) m
• Portuguese: sextilhão (pt)
• Russian: секстиллио́н (ru) m (sekstillión)
• Spanish: mil trillones
• Turkish: sekstilyon, çokay

a million quintillion, 10³⁶ — see also undecillion

• Dutch: sextiljoen (nl)
• Esperanto: sesiliono
• Finnish: sekstiljoona (fi)
• French: frantic (fr), sextillion (fr)
• German: Sextillion (de)
• Japanese: 一澗 (ikkan)
• Spanish: sextillón (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sekstiljon
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sextillio

See also

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

French

French numbers ^(edit)

←  1030	←  1033	1036	1039  →	1042  →
Cardinal (traditional spelling): un sextillion     Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-sextillion     Ordinal: sextillionième
French Wikipedia article on 1036

Etymology

From sext- (“six”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.sti.ljɔ̃/

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Numeral

sextillion m (plural sextillions)

1. undecillion (10³⁶)
2. (dated) sextillion (10²¹)

Further reading

• “sextillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.