TRILLION


Meaning of TRILLION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtri(l)-yən ]

noun

Etymology: French, from tri- + -illion (as in million )

Date: 1690

1. — see number table

2. : an indeterminately large number

a trillion mosquitoes out tonight

• trillion adjective

• tril·lionth -yən(t)th adjective or noun

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