bilhão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bilião

Etymology

From French billion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈʎɐ̃w̃]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lhão

Noun

bilhão m (plural bilhões)

1. (Brazil) billion (short scale, 10⁹)
2. (Portugal) trillion (long scale, 10¹²)

Usage notes

Brazil (along with the United States and the UK) has adopted the short scale large-number naming system. Brazilian Portuguese bilhão corresponds to mil milhões (“thousand millions”) in European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bilhão.

Synonyms

• (billion): mil milhões (Portugal)