trillion
See also: Trillion
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: trĭl'yən, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪljən/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
Numeral
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
- (1012): a long scale billion
- (1018): a short scale quintillion
Descendants
- → Welsh: triliwn
Translations
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
- (short scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion
- (long scale) Previous: billiard. Next: trilliard
- (SI prefix): tera-
Etymology 2
Coined by Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score
Noun
trillion (plural trillions)
- (basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.
French
| [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
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
- IPA(key): /tʁi.ljɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Related terms
- billion, coined at same time
Descendants
- → Catalan: trilió
References
Further reading
- “trillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Tatar
Declension
Declension of trillion
| nominative | trillion |
|---|---|
| genitive | trillionnıñ |
| dative | trillionga |
| accusative | trillionnı |
| locative | trillionda |
| ablative | trillionnan |
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