millionaire

English

Alternative forms

• millionnaire (archaic)

Etymology

From French millionnaire. By surface analysis, million +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.jəˈnɛɹ/, /ˈmɪl.jəˌnɛɹ/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.jəˈneː(ɹ)/
  • (Western Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.jəˈneə̯(ɹ)/

Noun

millionaire (plural millionaires)

1. Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).

   Synonym: (archaic) millionist

   Hyponym: multimillionaire

   • 2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2025:

     Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment. […] While starting early can increase your likelihood of attaining millionaire status, the investments you choose play an equally important role.

Derived terms

• centimillionaire
• decamillionaire
• Dellionaire
• hectomillionaire
• megamillionaire
• millionairedom
• millionairehood
• millionaire's fries
• millionaireship
• millionaire shortbread
• Millionaires' Row
• millionairess
• millionaire's salad
• millionairish
• millionairism
• millionerd
• millionheir
• millionheiress
• multimillionaire
• mushroom millionaire
• nillionaire
• nonmillionaire
• oilionaire
• optionaire
• pentamillionaire
• shaleionaire
• spillionaire
• supermillionaire
• temporarily embarrassed millionaire
• two week millionaire
• uraniumaire

Related terms

• billionaire, trillionaire, quadrillionaire, centillionaire
• (figuratively) zillionaire, bazillionaire, gazillionaire, squillionaire
• million

Translations

somebody whose wealth is greater than one million

• Albanian: milioner (sq) m
• Arabic: مِلْيُونِير m (milyūnīr)
• Armenian: միլիոնատեր (hy) (milionater)
• Azerbaijani: milyoner
• Belarusian: мільяне́р m (milʹjanjér), мільяне́рка f (milʹjanjérka)
• Bulgarian: милионе́р m (milionér)
• Burmese: သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး (san:krwaisuhte:), မီလီယံနာ (miliyamna)
• Catalan: milionari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百萬富翁 / 百万富翁 (zh) (bǎiwàn fùwēng), 巨富 (jùfù)

• Czech: milionář (cs) m
• Danish: millionær
• Dutch: miljonair (nl) m
• Esperanto: milionulo
• Estonian: miljonär (et)
• Finnish: miljonääri (fi)
• French: millionnaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: millonario m, millonaria f
• Georgian: მილიონერი (milioneri)
• German: Millionär (de) m, Millionärin (de) f
• Greek: εκατομμυριούχος (el) m (ekatommyrioúchos)
• Greenlandic: millionæri, millioneeri
• Gujarati: કરોડપતિ (karoḍpati)
• Hebrew: מִילְיוֹנֶר
• Hindi: करोड़पति (hi) m (karoṛpati) (greater than 10 million)
• Hungarian: milliomos (hu), milliomosnő (hu)
• Icelandic: milljónamæringur (is) m, milli (is) m
• Indonesian: jutawan (id)
• Irish: milliúnaí m
• Italian: milionario (it) m
• Japanese: 大富豪 (ja) (だいふごう, daifugō), 百万長者 (ja) (ひゃくまんちょうじゃ, hyakumanchōja), ミリオネア (ja) (mirionea)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 백만장자(百萬長者) (ko) (baengmanjangja)
• Lao: ເສດຖີເງິນລ້ານ (sēt thī ngœn lān), ເສດຖີ (sēt thī)
• Latin: milliōnārius m, milliōnāria f
• Latvian: miljonārs m, miljonāre f
• Lithuanian: milijonierius m
• Macedonian: милионе́р m (milionér)
• Malay: jutawan (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: miljunarju m, miljunarja f
• Mongolian: саятан (mn) (sajatan)
• Norman: millionnaithe m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: millionær m

  Nynorsk: millionær m

• Persian: میلیونر (fa) (milyoner)
• Polish: milioner (pl) m pers, milionerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: milionário (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਿਲੀਅਨਏਅਰ (milīanaēara)
• Romanian: milionar (ro) m, milionară (ro) f
• Russian: миллионе́р (ru) m (millionér), миллионе́рша (ru) f (millionérša)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: милионер m

  Latin: milioner (sh) m

• Slovak: milionár m
• Slovene: milijonar m, milijonarka f
• Spanish: millonario (es) m, millonaria (es) f
• Swahili: milionea
• Swedish: miljonär (sv) c
• Tamil: லட்சாதிபதி (ta) (laṭcātipati) (less than 10 million), கோடீஸ்வரன் m (kōṭīsvaraṉ) (greater than 10 million)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เศรษฐี (th) (sèet-tǐi)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: milyoner (tr)
• Ukrainian: мільйоне́р m (milʹjonér), мільйоне́рка f (milʹjonérka)
• Uyghur: مىليونېر (milyonër)
• Vietnamese: triệu phú (vi)
• Welsh: miliwnydd m
• Yiddish: מיליאָנער m (milyoner)
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Millionaire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.