million

See also: Million

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Italian milione (“million”), from mille (“thousand”) (from Latin mille) + the augmentative suffix -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪljən/
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪɫjən],

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪljən],

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: mil‧lion

Numeral

million

1. (long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10⁶.

See also

• (short scale) Previous: thousand. Next: billion
• (long scale) Previous: thousand. Next: milliard
• (Ordinal) millionth
• ISO prefix: mega-

Derived terms

• like a million bucks
• megamillion
• millionary
• millionfold
• millionth
• millionaire
• never in a million years
• one in a million
• one million
• thanks a million

Related terms

• billion
• trillion

Translations

cardinal number

• Afrikaans: miljoen
• Albanian: milion
• Arabic: مليون m (milyōn), ١٠٠٠٠٠٠ (1000000)
• Armenian: միլիոն (hy) (milion)
• Asturian: millón (ast)
• Azeri: milyon (az)
• Basque: milioi
• Belarusian: мільён m (milʹjón)
• Bengali: নুযুত (nuyuta), মিলিয়ন (miliẏôn)
• Breton: milion (br)
• Bulgarian: милио́н m (milión)
• Burmese: တသန်း (ta.san:)
• Catalan: milió (ca) m
• Chechen: миллион (million)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 百萬, 百万 (baak3 maan6)

  Mandarin: 百萬, 百万 (zh) (bǎi-wàn)

• Crimean Tatar: million
• Czech: milión (cs) m
• Danish: million (da)
• Dutch: miljoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: miliono
• Estonian: miljon (et)
• Finnish: miljoona (fi)
• French: million (fr) m
• Georgian: მილიონი (milioni)
• German: Million (de) f
• Greek: εκατομμύριο (el) n (ekatommýrio)
• Guaraní: sua
• Guernésiais: millaon
• Gujarati: દશ લાખ (daśalākha)
• Hawaiian: miliona
• Hebrew: מיליון (he) (milyón)
• Hiligaynon: hambad, milyon, ramak
• Hindi: दस लाख (das lākh), १०००००० (1000000)
• Hungarian: millió (hu)
• Icelandic: milljón, miljón (is) f
• Indonesian: juta (id)
• Interlingua: un million
• Irish: milliún (ga) m
• Italian: milione (it) m
• Japanese: 百万 (ja) (ひゃくまん, hyaku-man)
• Kazakh: миллион (kk) (mïllïon)
• Khmer: មួយលាន (muŏy léan)
• Korean: 백만 (ko) (baek-man, baeng-man) (百萬 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: миллион (million)

• Lao: ລ້ານ (lo) (lān)
• Latvian: miljons m
• Lithuanian: milijonas (lt) m
• Lojban: ki'u ki'u
• Lun Bawang: ribet
• Macedonian: милио́н (mk) m (milión)
• Malay: juta
• Maltese: miljun
• Manx: millioon
• Middle French: million
• Mongolian: сая (saja)
• Navajo: tʼááłáhádí míiltsoh, miiltsoh
• Norwegian: million (no) m
• Novial: milione
• Ojibwe: midaaswaak daso-midaawaak
• Persian: میلیون (fa) (milyon)
• Polish: milion (pl) m
• Portuguese: milhão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਦਸ ਲਾਖ (das lākh)
• Quechua: hunu
• Romanian: milion (ro) n
• Russian: миллио́н (ru) m (millión)
• Sanskrit: दशलक्षं (daśalakṣa), नियुत (niyuta)
• Scottish Gaelic: millean m, muillean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: милѝо̄н m, милѝјӯн m

  Roman: milìōn m, milìjūn m

• Sinhalese: මිලියනය (miliyanaya)
• Slovak: milión m
• Slovene: milijon (sl)
• Spanish: un millón (es) m
• Swedish: miljon (sv) c
• Tagalog: milyon, angaw
• Tajik: миллион (million)
• Tatar: миллион (tt) (million)
• Telugu: పది లక్షలు (padi lakṣalu)
• Thai: ล้าน (láan), ๑๐๐๐๐๐๐
• Turkish: bir milyon (tr)
• Turkmen: million
• Ukrainian: мільйо́н (uk) m (milʹjón)
• Urdu: دس لاکھ (das lākh)
• Uzbek: million (uz)
• Vietnamese: triệu (vi)
• Volapük: balion (vo)
• Welsh: miliwn (cy)
• Yiddish: מיליאָן (milyon)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French million.

Cardinal numeral

million

1. million

Declension

Declension of million

nominative	million
genitive	millionnıñ
dative	millionğa
accusative	millionnı
locative	millionda
ablative	milliondan

References

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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French

Etymology

From Italian milione.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mi.ljɔ̃/

Numeral

million

1. million, 10⁶.

Usage notes

• Previous: mille, 10³
• Next: milliard, 10⁹

Derived terms

• millionnaire

External links

• “million” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Interlingua

Noun

million (plural milliones)

1. million

Cardinal numeral

un million

1. a million, one million

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Middle French

Noun

million m (plural millions)

1. (cardinal) million, 10⁶.

Descendants

• Catalan: milió

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian milione

Cardinal numeral

million

1. A million, 10⁶.

Noun

million m (definite singular millionen, indefinite plural millioner, definite plural millionene)

1. a million

References

• “million” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian milione

Cardinal numeral

million

1. a million, 10⁶.

Noun

million m (definite singular millionen, indefinite plural millionar, definite plural millionane)

1. a million

References

• “million” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

million c

1. obsolete spelling of miljon

Declension

Declension of million

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	million	millionen	millioner	millionerna
genitive	millions	millionens	millioners	millionernas

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Tatar

Cardinal numeral

million (Cyrillic spelling миллион)

1. (cardinal) million