bilione

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1,000,000,000 (109)	[a], [b] ←  100,000,000,000 (1011)	1012	1013  → [a], [b]	1015  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: un bilione, unbilione     Ordinal: bilionesimo
Italian Wikipedia article on 1012

Etymology

From bi- +‎ (mi)lione (“million”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈljo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: bi‧lió‧ne

Numeral

bilione m (plural bilioni)

1. trillion (10¹²)

Usage notes

• One trillion is normally written un bilione or unbilione.
• Multiples are often written as two words, e.g. due bilioni (“two trillion”).

Further reading

• “bilione”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• bilineo, nebioli