bilion

See also: bilión

Malay

Malay numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  1,000	←  1,000,000 (106)	1,000,000,000 (109)	1012  →	1015  →
Cardinal: bilion

Etymology

From English billion, from French billion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilion/
• Rhymes: -ion, -jon, -on

Numeral

bilion (Jawi spelling بيليون)

1. billion

   Synonyms: ribu juta, milyar (Indonesia)

Polish

Polish numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000,000 (106)	←  1,000,000,000 (109)	1012	1015  →	1018  →
Cardinal: bilion     Ordinal: bilionowy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bisder.

French bi-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

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Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī

Latin mīlle

Italian mille

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian milionebor.

Old French million

Middle French million

French millionbf.

French -illion

French billionbor.

Polish bilion

Borrowed from French billion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ljɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iljɔn
• Syllabification: bi‧lion

Noun

bilion m inan

1. trillion (10¹²) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   dodatkowy bilion ― an extra trillion

   kolejne biliony ― the next trillions

   jeden bilion ― one trillion

   dwa biliony ― two trillion

   trzy biliony ― three trillion

   cztery biliony ― four trillion

   pięć bilionów ― five trillion

   dziesiątki bilionów ― tens of trillions

   kilka bilionów ― a few trillion

   kilkanaście bilionów ― several dozen trillion

   wiele bilionów ― trillions upon trillions

   bilion dolarów ― a trillion dollars

   sięgać ileś bilionów ― to reach one trillion

   wynosić ileś bilionów ― to total/come to one trillion

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) billion, bajillion (an unspecified very large number) [with genitive ‘of what’]

Declension

Declension of bilion

	singular	plural
nominative	bilion	biliony
genitive	bilionu	bilionów
dative	bilionowi	bilionom
accusative	bilion	biliony
instrumental	bilionem	bilionami
locative	bilionie	bilionach
vocative	bilionie	biliony

Derived terms

adjective

• bilionowy

Further reading

• “bilion”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bilion”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bisder.

French bi-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

▲

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī

Latin mīlle

Italian mille

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian milionebor.

Old French million

Middle French million

French millionbf.

French -illion

French billionbor.

Romanian bilion

Borrowed from French billion.

Noun

bilion n (plural bilioane)

1. trillion

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bilion	bilionul	bilioane	bilioanele
genitive-dative	bilion	bilionului	bilioane	bilioanelor
vocative	bilionule		bilioanelor