octillion

English

Etymology

oct- (“eight”) +‎ -illion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒkˈtɪl.iː.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: oct‧il‧li‧on, oc‧til‧li‧on

Numeral

octillion

1. (US, modern British and Australia, short scale) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10²⁷.
2. (dated British and Australia, long scale) A quadrillion quintillion: 1 followed by 48 zeros, 10⁴⁸.

Synonyms

• 10⁴⁸: a short scale quindecillion

Translations

a thousand trillion trillion, 10²⁷

• Finnish: kvadriljardi
• French: quadrilliard (fr)
• German: Quadrilliarde (de)
• Hungarian: kvadrilliárd
• Italian: quatriliardo
• Japanese: 千秭 (せんじょ，senjo/せんし, senshi)
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• Malay: oktilion
• Polish: kwadryliard (pl) m
• Portuguese: octilhão (pt)
• Russian: октиллион (ru) (oktillion)
• Spanish: mil cuatrillones
• Ukrainian: октильйон (uk) (oktylʹjon)

a quadrillion quintillion, 10⁴⁸

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一極／一极

• Finnish: oktiljoona (fi)
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• French: octillion (fr) m
• German: Oktillion (de) f
• Spanish: octillón (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} octillio f
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See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: septillion. Next: nonillion.

Anagrams

• cotillion