trilliard

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From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (three) +‎ -illiard.

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trilliard (plural trilliards)

  1. (UK, Australia, dated, rare) One thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 1021 (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
    • 1922, Industrial Peace, volume 10, London: St. Catherine Press, page 167:
      We read of milliards, and even trilliards, of roubles, marks, francs and dollars, but we do not comprehend them in the sense of visualising and retaining a clear-cut picture of what the figures really imply.
    • 2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins,
      Power of ten ...UK, France (n rule) million billion billiard trillion trilliard

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French numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  1015 [a], [b], [c] ←  1018 1021 1024  →  1027  → 
    Cardinal (traditional spelling): un trilliard, mille milliards de milliards
    Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-trilliard, mille-milliards de milliards
    Ordinal: trilliardième, millième de milliardième de milliardième

Etymology[edit]

From tri- (three) +‎ -illiard.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʁi.ljaʁ/
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Numeral[edit]

trilliard m (plural trilliards)

  1. sextillion (1021)