trilliard
English
editEtymology
editFrom French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
Numeral
edittrilliard (plural trilliards)
- (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
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edit1021, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion
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edit- Previous: trillion. Next: quadrillion.
French
edit[a], [b] ← 1015 | [a], [b] ← 1018 | 1021 | 1024 → | 1027 → |
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Cardinal: un trilliard, mille milliards de milliards Ordinal: trilliardième, millième de milliardième de milliardième | ||||
French Wikipedia article on 1021 |
Etymology
editFrom tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
edittrilliard m (plural trilliards)
- sextillion (1021)
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