sextillion

See also: Sextillion

English

Etymology

From the prefix sext- (six) + -illion (from million); ie the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

sextillion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.

Synonyms

• 10³⁶: a short scale undecillion

Translations

a trillion billion, 10²¹

• Dutch: triljard (nl)
• Finnish: triljardi
• French: trilliard (fr)
• German: Trilliarde (de)
• Hungarian: trilliárd
• Italian: triliardo (it)
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• Japanese: 十垓 (jū-gai)
• Korean: 십해 (siphae)
• Malay: sekstilion
• Polish: tryliard (pl) m
• Portuguese: sextilhão (pt)
• Russian: секстиллио́н (ru) m (sekstillión)
• Spanish: mil trillones

a million quintillion, 10³⁶

• Dutch: sextiljoen (nl)
• Finnish: sekstiljoona (fi)
• French: frantic (fr), sextillion (fr)
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• German: Sextillion (de)
• Japanese: 一澗 (ikkan)
• Spanish: sextillón (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sekstiljon
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• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sextillio

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.
• zetta-