quadrillion

See also: Quadrillion

English edit

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Etymology edit

From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) +‎ -illion.

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /kwɑˈdɹɪl.i.ən/, /kwɑˈdɹɪl.jən/
(General Australian, Scotland) IPA^(key): /kwɔˈdɹɪl.jən/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kwɔˈdɹɘl.jɘn/
(UK, Ireland, General South African) IPA^(key): /kwɒˈdɹɪl.jən/, /kwɒˈdʒɹɪl.jən/ (the latter may be non-standard)
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Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral edit

quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
- 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 1, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation‎^[1], 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
  “I’m not sure I understand why we have to send a quadrillion-credit mission to another galaxy.”
  He looked fleetingly amused. “Quintillion... and we don’t have a choice, Harper. Any of us, really, but humanity especially.”
- 2022 September 19, P. Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 2:
  Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 10¹⁵ (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.

Synonyms edit

(10¹⁵): a long scale billiard
(10²⁴): a short scale septillion

Descendants edit

→ Welsh: cwadriliwn

Translations edit

a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard — see also a thousand trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000); a billiard

Armenian: կվադրիլիոն (hy) (kvadrilion), հազար երկիլիոն (hazar erkilion)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 千万亿
Czech: biliarda (cs) f
Dutch: biljard (nl)
Esperanto: biliardo (eo)
Estonian: biljard
Finnish: biljardi (fi)
French: billiard (fr) m, million de milliards (fr) m
German: Billiarde (de)
Greek: τετρακισεκατομμύριο n (tetrakisekatommýrio)
Hungarian: billiárd (hu), ezerbillió
Japanese: 千兆 (senchō)
Kalmyk: тунмл (tunml)
Korean: 천조 (ko) (cheonjo)
Kyrgyz: санчоо (sancoo), тунмал (tunmal)
Malay: kuadrilion (ms)
Maltese: kwadriljun, biljard m
Mongolian: тунамал (mn) (tunamal)
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: biljard m
Persian: کوادریلیون (kuâdrilion)
Polish: biliard (pl) m
Portuguese: mil biliões m pl (Angola, Portugal), quadrilhão (pt) m (Brazil), quatrilhão (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: biliard (ro) n
Russian: квадриллио́н (ru) m (kvadrillión)
Sanskrit: अन्त्य (sa) (antya)
Spanish: cuatrillón (es), mil billones
Swedish: biljard (sv) c
Turkish: katrilyon (tr), bilyar (tr)
Vietnamese: triệu tỷ
Welsh: mil biliwn, cwadriliwn

a million trillion, 10²⁴ — see also septillion

Armenian: քառիլիոն (kʻaṙilion)
Catalan: quadrilió (ca)
Dutch: quadriljoen (nl)
Esperanto: kvariliono
Estonian: septiljon
Finnish: kvadriljoona (fi)
French: quadrillion (fr) m
German: Quadrillion (de) f
Greek: επτάκις εκατομμύριο n (eptákis ekatommýrio)
Japanese: 一秭 (isshi)
Polish: kwadrylion (pl) m
Portuguese: quadrilião m (Angola, Portugal) quatrilião (pt) m (Angola, Portugal), septilhão (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: cvadrilion (ro) n
Russian: септиллио́н (ru) m (septillión)
Swedish: kvadriljon (sv) c
Vietnamese: triệu tỷ tỷ

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cuatrillón (es)

Noun edit

quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
- 1999, Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, page 23:
  They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- 2000, J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, page 58:
  Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- 2004, Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, page 143:
  The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- 2006, Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, page 8:
  She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.

Synonyms edit

(any very large number): bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion

Translations edit

any very large number

French: milliard (fr) m, milliards (fr) m pl, million (fr) m, millions (fr) m pl

French edit

**French numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b], [c]} ← 10¹⁸	^{[a], [b], [c]} ← 10²¹	10²⁴	10²⁷ →	10³⁰ →
Cardinal (traditional spelling): un quadrillion Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-quadrillion Ordinal: quadrillionième
French Wikipedia article on 10²⁴