MILLION


Meaning of MILLION in English

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

noun

( plural millions or million )

Etymology: Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old Italian milione, augmentative of mille thousand, from Latin

Date: 14th century

1. — see number table

2. : a very large number

million s of cars on the road

3. : the mass of common people

someone who writes for the million s — Bergen Evans

• million adjective

• mil·lion·fold -ˌfōld adverb or adjective

• mil·lionth ˈmi(l)-yən(t)th adjective or noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.