δισεκατομμύριο

Greek edit

Etymology edit

Calque of French billion which explains the wrong bi- as δίς (dís, twice, two) + million as εκατομμύριο (ekatommýrio) (two million). The correct number is χίλια (chília, a thousand) million. Attested in 1871. Compare to the ancient δισχίλιος (diskhílios, two thousand) and δισμύριος (dismúrios, twenty thousand (twice ten thousand)).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ði.se.ka.toˈmi.ri.o/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧σε‧κα‧τομ‧μύ‧ρι‧ο
  • Old Hyphenation: δισ‧ε‧κα‧τομ‧μύ‧ρι‧ο

Noun edit

δισεκατομμύριο (disekatommýrion (plural δισεκατομμύρια)

  1. billion, thousand million (109)
  2. (obsolete British) billion, million million (1012)

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

see: Greek number and measurement

References edit

  1. ^ δισεκατομμύριο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ δισεκατομμύριοΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.