trillion
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French trillion, from tri- (“three”) + -illion.
Numeral[edit]
trillion
- (US, modern Britain, Australia, short scale) A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
- (dated Britain, Australia, long scale) A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.
See also[edit]
- (short scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion
- (long scale) Previous: billiard. Next: trilliard
- (SI prefix): tera-
Translations[edit]
a million million, 1012
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a million million million, 1018
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Etymology 2[edit]
Coined by Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score
Noun[edit]
trillion (plural trillions)
- (basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tri- (“three”) + -illion, from million; i.e. a million million million.
Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as trimillion. Rendered as tryllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.
Numeral[edit]
trillion
- 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
Usage notes[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- billion, coined at same time
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: trilió
External links[edit]
- “trillion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
trillion m (plural trillions)
- trillion, 1018
- 1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6
- ung trillion vault mille milliers de billions
- a trillion is equivalent to a thousand thousands of billions
- ung trillion vault mille milliers de billions
- 1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6
Tatar[edit]
Numeral[edit]
trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)
- (cardinal) trillion (1012)
Declension[edit]
Declension of trillion
| nominative | trillion |
|---|---|
| genitive | trillionnıñ |
| dative | trillionga |
| accusative | trillionnı |
| locative | trillionda |
| ablative | trillionnan |
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