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billion

  • \bi.ljɔ̃\

noun billions

  1. Un million de millions, ou mille milliards, selon l’échelle longue. 10¹², c’est-à-dire 1 000 000 000 000. Tera ^([sic : Téra]) : préfixe qui, placé devant une unité de mesure, la multiplie par un billion, c’est-à-dire par un million de millions ou mille milliards.
  2. obsolete Milliard. Cet usage, qui suit l’échelle courte, est aujourd’hui très rare en français.

Similar: mille milliards, téra-

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noun

Similar: mille milliards, téra-

In English

  • billion a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
  • trillion a million million, 1012 — see also billion

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@misc{billion_2026,
  title = {billion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/billion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}