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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Cardinal number 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Cardinal number 2.3.1 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

From French billion. From the prefix bi-, meaning two + -illion (from million); i.e. a million million.

Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as by-million.^{[1] [2] [3]} Rendered as byllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.^{[4] [5]}

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɪljən/, SAMPA: /"bIlj@n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪljən
• Hyphenation: bil‧lion

[ Cardinal number

cardinal number
109
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	Next:	trillion

cardinal number
1012
	Previous:	milliard
	Next:	billiard

billion

1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
3. (colloquial, plural) A very large number.

   There were billions of people at the concert

• Western (Arabic) Numeral billion, 10⁹ short scale, 10¹² long scale
  • Previous: short scale: million, 10⁶; long scale: milliard, 10⁹
  • Next: trillion: short scale 10¹², long scale 10¹⁸
• ISO prefix: giga-

[ Derived terms

• billionaire

[ Related terms

• trillion, coined at same time

[ Translations

a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; 10⁹; a milliard

Bosnian: milijarda f. Breton: miliard Chinese: 十億, 十亿 (shíyì) Croatian: milijarda Czech: miliarda f. Danish: milliard Dutch: miljard n. Esperanto: miliardo Estonian: miljard Finnish: miljardi French: milliard m. German: Milliarde f. Greek: δισεκατομμύριο (disekatommýrio) n. Hebrew: מיליארד (miliard) Hungarian: milliárd Indonesian: milyar Interlingua: milliardo

Italian: miliardo Japanese: 1×109 = 10×108 = 十億 (じゅうおく, jū-oku) Latvian: miljards Maltese: biljun Norwegian: milliard Novial: miliarde Polish: miliard Portuguese: bilhão m. Romanian: miliard n. Russian: биллион (billión) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: милијарда f. Roman: milijarda f. Slovak: miliarda f. (1) Spanish: millardo m., mil millones m. Swedish: miljard c. Tatar: milliard (миллиард)

a million million; 1,000,000,000,000; 10¹²

Chinese: 兆 (zhào) Czech: bilión m. Dutch: biljoen Esperanto: duiliono Finnish: biljoona French: billion German: Billion Greek: τρισεκατομμύριο n.

Japanese: 兆 (ちょう, chō) Novial: bilione Polish: bilion Portuguese: bilião m. (Portugal), trilhão m. (Brazil) Russian: триллион (trillión) m. Slovak: bilión m. Spanish: billón m. Swedish: biljon c.

Arabic: مِلْيُون (milyūn), بليون (bilyūn) Sinhalese: බිලියනය (biliyanaya) Turkish: milyar Welsh: biliwn (1)

[ References

• Notes:

1. ^ Bibliothèque St Geneviève, Paris, MS Français 3143 - original French manuscript by Jehan Adam
2. ^ Jehan Adam, Traicté en arismetique pour la practique par gectouers… Parchemin. XVe siècle (1475).
3. ^ Lynn Thorndike, “The Arithmetic of Jehan Adam, A.D. 1475,” Science and Thought in the Fifteenth Century
4. ^ Chuquet, Nicolas (written 1484, published 1880). Triparty en la science des nombres (ISSN 9012-9458). Aristide Marre, Bologna (Italy), 1880.
      Idem. "Nicolas Chuquet's manuscript." Published by www.miakinen.net. URL accessed on 2008-03-01.
5. ^ Idem. "Nicolas Chuquet's chapter." Transcription by Michael Florencetime. URL accessed on 2008-03-01.

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[ French

[ Etymology

From thee prefix bi-, meaning two + -illion (from million); i.e. a million million.

Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as by-million.^{[1] [2] [3]} Rendered as byllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.^{[4] [5]}

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /bi.ljɔ̃/
• SAMPA: /bi.ljO~/

[ Cardinal number

billion

1. A long scale billion, 10¹²; a short scale trillion.

[ Related terms

• trillion, coined at same time