trillion
See also: Trillion
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French trillion, from tri- (“three”) + -illion.
Numeral edit
trillion (plural trillions)
- (US, modern British, Australia, short scale) A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
- Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.
- (dated British, Australia, long scale) A million million million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.
Synonyms edit
- (1012): a long scale billion
- (1018): a short scale quintillion
Descendants edit
- → Welsh: triliwn
Translations edit
a million million, 1012 — see also billion
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a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion
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See also edit
- (short scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion
- (long scale) Previous: billiard. Next: trilliard
- (SI prefix): tera-
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
[a], [b], [c] ← 1012 | [a], [b], [c] ← 1015 | 1018 | 1021 → [a], [b], [c] | 1024 → |
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Cardinal (traditional spelling): un trillion, un milliard de milliards Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-trillion, un-milliard de milliards Ordinal: trillionième, milliardième de milliardième | ||||
French Wikipedia article on 1018 |
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”.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
trillion m (plural trillions)
- quintillion (1018)
- (dated) trillion (1012)
Related terms edit
- billion, coined at same time
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: trilió
References edit
Further reading edit
- “trillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
trillion m (plural trillions)
Tatar edit
Numeral edit
trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)
- trillion (1012)
Declension edit
Declension of trillion
nominative | trillion |
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genitive | trillionnıñ |
dative | trillionga |
accusative | trillionnı |
locative | trillionda |
ablative | trillionnan |