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trillion
- /ˈtɹɪljən/
- /ˈtɹɪ(l)jən/ Australia, colloquial
Rhymes with -ɪljən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion.
The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.
number trillions
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A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.
Similar: billion[long scale]]>
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A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
Similar: quintillion
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An unspecified very large number.
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
Similar: gazillion
noun trillions
- A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, a trillion, siu, billion, andy, zhao, shiu, billions, milliards, million, shau, tera, bilion, triple double, triple single, triple-double
Translations
Every language
num a million million, 1012 — see also billion
| Español | billón, trillón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조 jo, 만억 maneok |
| 日本語 | 兆 chō |
| 中文 | 萬億 /万亿 wànyì, 兆 zhào |
| हिन्दी | महापद्म mahāpadma |
| Kiswahili | trilioni |
| Português | bilião, trilhão |
| Français | billion, mille milliards |
| Deutsch | Billion |
| Italiano | bilione |
| Ελληνικά | τρισεκατομμύριο trisekatommýrio |
| Română | bilion |
| Русский | триллио́н trillión |
| Tiếng Việt | nghìn tỉ, ngàn tỉ |
| العربية | بِلْيُون bilyūn, تِرِيلِيُون tirīliyūn |
num a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion
| Español | trillón |
|---|---|
| Português | trilião, quintilhão |
| Français | trillion |
| Deutsch | Trillion |
| Italiano | trilione |
| Română | trilion |
| Русский | квинтиллио́н kvintillión |
| العربية | تِرِيلِْيُون tirīliyūn |
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title = {trillion},
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