trilliard

English

Etymology

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

Numeral

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

Synonyms

• a short scale sextillion

Derived terms

• trilliardth

Related terms

• zetta-

Translations

10²¹, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion

• Esperanto: triiliardo
• French: trilliard (fr) m

See also

• Previous: trillion. Next: quadrillion.

French

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
French Wikipedia article on 1021

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ -illiard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.ljaʁ/

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Numeral

trilliard m (plural trilliards)

1. sextillion (10²¹)