trillion

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French trillion.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪljən/
• Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

trillion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.

See also

• (short scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion
• (long scale) Previous: billiard. Next: trilliard
• ISO prefix: tera-

Translations

a million million, 10¹²

• Armenian: տրիլիոն (trilion)
• Catalan: bilió (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兆 (zh) (zhào)

• Czech: bilión (cs) m
• Dutch: biljoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: duiliono
• Estonian: biljon
• Finnish: biljoona (fi)
• French: billion (fr) m, (obsolete) trillion (fr) m
• German: Billion (de) f
• Greek: τρισεκατομμύριο (el) n (trisekatommýrio)
• Greenlandic: billioni
• Italian: trilione f

• Japanese: 兆 (ja) (ちょう, chō)
• Korean: 조 (ko) (jo) (兆 (ko))
• Malay: trilion
• Maltese: biljun
• Navajo: chiyóón
• Novial: bilione
• Portuguese: bilhão (pt) m, bilião (pt)
• Russian: триллион (ru) m (trillión)
• Slovak: bilión m
• Spanish: billón (es) m
• Swedish: biljon (sv) c
• Tatar: триллион (tt) (trillion)
• Turkish: trilyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: трильйон (uk) m (trylʹjón)

a million million million, 10¹⁸

• Catalan: trilió (ca)
• Czech: trilión m
• Dutch: triljoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: triiliono
• Estonian: triljon
• Finnish: triljoona (fi)
• French: trillion (fr) m
• German: Trillion (de) f
• Maltese: triljun

• Novial: trilione
• Polish: trylion (pl) m
• Portuguese: trilhão (pt) m
• Russian: квинтиллион (ru) m (kvintillión)
• Sinhalese: ත්‍රිලියනය (t‍riliyanaya)
• Slovak: trilión m
• Spanish: trillón (es) m
• Swedish: triljon (sv) c
• Turkish: kentilyon (tr)

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• Serbo-Croatian: bilion m
• Romanian: bilion n

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French

Etymology

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

trillion

1. 10¹⁸; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.

Usage notes

• Previous: billiard, 10¹⁵
• Next: trilliard, 10²¹

Related terms

• billion, coined at same time

Descendants

• Catalan: trilió

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Tatar

Cardinal numeral

trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)

1. (cardinal) trillion (10¹²)

Declension

Declension of trillion

nominative	trillion
genitive	trillionnıñ
dative	trillionga
accusative	trillionnı
locative	trillionda
ablative	trillionnan