milliardaire
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French milliardaire (“milliardaire, billionaire”). Equivalent to milliard + -aire.
Noun[edit]
milliardaire (plural milliardaires)
- (rare) A billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (109) dollars, or other currency.
- 1934, B. Traven, The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor, London: Chatto & Windus, page 143:
- You can often read in the Sunday papers and magazines, and the speeches of successful men, that it is only by working extra hard without extra pay that a factory hand can show the ambition, energy, and drive that will make him a Managing Director or a milliardaire.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
milliardaire m or f by sense (plural milliardaires)
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Milliardär
- → Finnish: miljardööri
- → Romanian: miliardar
- → Russian: миллиарде́р (milliardér)
- → Turkish: milyarder
Further reading[edit]
- “milliardaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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