trilliard
English
Etymology
From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
Numeral
trilliard
- (UK, Australia, dated, rare) One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 1021 (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
- 2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins,
- Power of ten ...UK, France (n rule) million billion billiard trillion trilliard
- 2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins,
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Translations
1021, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion
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See also
- Previous: trillion. Next: quadrillion.
French
[a], [b] ← 1015 | [a], [b] ← 1018 | 1021 | 1024 → | 1027 → |
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Cardinal: un trilliard, mille milliards de milliards Ordinal: trilliardième, millième de milliardième de milliardième | ||||
French Wikipedia article on 1021 |
Etymology
From tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
Pronunciation
Numeral
trilliard m (plural trilliards)
- sextillion (1021)
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