■ cardinal number ( plural ~s or (with numeral or quantifying word) same)
1》 ( a/one ~ ) the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 10 6 .
2》 (also ~s ) informal a very large number or amount.
Derivatives
~fold adjective & adverb
~th ordinal number .
Origin
ME: from OFr., prob. from Ital. milione , from mille 'thousand' + the augmentative suffix -one .