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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: trĭl'yən, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪljən/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
Etymology 1
From French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion.
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
abbreviations
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] ← 1012 | [a], [b] ← 1015 | 1018 | 1021 → [a], [b] | 1024 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: 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
Numeral
trillion m (plural trillions)
- quintillion (1018)
- (dated) trillion (1012)
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
Noun
trillion m (plural trillions)
- trillion, 1018
- 1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6:
- ung trillion vault mille milliers de billions
- a trillion is equivalent to a thousand thousands of billions
Tatar
Numeral
trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)
- trillion (1012)
Declension
Declension of trillion
| nominative | trillion |
|---|---|
| genitive | trillionnıñ |
| dative | trillionga |
| accusative | trillionnı |
| locative | trillionda |
| ablative | trillionnan |
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