quadrillion

See also: Quadrillion

English

Etymology

From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɑˈdɹɪl.i.ən/, /kwɑˈdɹɪl.jən/
• IPA^(key): /kwɔˈdɹɪl.jən/
• IPA^(key): /kwɔˈdɹɘl.jɘn/
• IPA^(key): /kwɒˈdɹɪl.jən/, /kwɒˈdʒɹɪl.jən/ (the latter may be non-standard)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

1. (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
2. (dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.

Synonyms

• (10¹⁵): a long scale billiard
• (10²⁴): a short scale septillion

Descendants

• → Welsh: cwadriliwn

Translations

a thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard — see also a thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千万亿

• Czech: biliarda f
• Dutch: biljard (nl)
• Esperanto: biliardo (eo)
• Estonian: biljard
• Finnish: biljardi (fi)
• French: billiard (fr) m, million de milliards (fr) m
• German: Billiarde (de)
• Greek: τετρακισεκατομμύριο n (tetrakisekatommýrio)
• Hungarian: billiárd, ezerbillió
• Japanese: 千兆 (senchō)
• Kalmyk: тунмл (tunml)
• Korean: 천조 (ko) (cheonjo)
• Kyrgyz: санчоо (sancoo), тунмал (tunmal)
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• Malay: kuadrilion
• Maltese: kwadriljun, biljard m
• Mongolian: тунамал (mn) (tunamal)
• Persian: کوادریلیون (kuâdrilion)
• Polish: biliard (pl) m
• Portuguese: quatrilhão (pt) m, quatrilião (pt) m, quadrilhão (pt) m
• Romanian: biliard (ro) n
• Russian: квадриллио́н (ru) m (kvadrillión)
• Sanskrit: अन्त्य (sa) (antya)
• Spanish: cuatrillón (es), mil billones
• Swedish: biljard (sv) c
• Turkish: katrilyon (tr), bilyar (tr)
• Vietnamese: triệu tỷ
• Welsh: mil biliwn, cwadriliwn

a million trillion, 10²⁴ — see also septillion

• Catalan: quadrilió (ca)
• Dutch: quadriljoen (nl)
• Esperanto: kvariliono
• Estonian: septiljon
• Finnish: kvadriljoona (fi)
• French: quadrillion (fr) m
• German: Quadrillion (de) f
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• Greek: επτάκις εκατομμύριο n (eptákis ekatommýrio)
• Japanese: 一秭 (isshi)
• Polish: kwadrylion (pl) m
• Portuguese: quatrilhão (pt) m
• Romanian: cvadrilion (ro) n
• Russian: септиллио́н (ru) m (septillión)
• Swedish: kvadriljon (sv) c
• Vietnamese: triệu tỷ tỷ

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Translations to be checked

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cuatrillón (es)

See also

• (10¹⁵): peta-
• (10²⁴): yotta-
• (10¹⁵): Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
• (10²⁴): Previous: trilliard. Next: quadrilliard.

Noun

quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

1. (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
   • 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23

     They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.

   • 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58

     Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.

   • 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143

     The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.

   • 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8

     She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.

Synonyms

• (any very large number): bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, 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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French

French numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1018	[a], [b] ←  1021	1024	1027  →	1030  →
Cardinal: un quadrillion     Ordinal: quadrillionième
French Wikipedia article on 1024

Etymology

From Middle French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.dʁi.ljɔ̃/, /ka.dʁi.ljɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Numeral

quadrillion m (plural quadrillions)

1. septillion (10²⁴)
2. (dated) quadrillion (10¹⁵)

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Noun

quadrillion m (plural quadrillions)

1. quadrillion (10²⁴)