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billion
English
Etymology
From French billion, from bi- (“two”) +? -illion.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?l'y?n, IPA(key): /?b?lj?n/
- Rhymes: -?lj?n
- Hyphenation: bil?lion
Noun
billion (plural billions)
- (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
- (dated, rare, British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
- (colloquial, hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number.
Synonyms
- (109): milliard, thousand million
- (1012): trillion (short scale)
Derived terms
- billionaire
Related terms
- trillion, coined at same time
- zillion, coined after the series million, billion, trillion, quadrillion (modern slang)
- gazillion, from same origin
- -illion, from same origin
Translations
See also
- (short scale) Previous: million. Next trillion.
- (long scale) Previous: milliard. Next billiard.
- ISO prefix: giga-
Danish
Noun
billion
- 1012
Declension
French
Etymology
From bi- (“two”) +? -illion; i.e., a million million.
Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as by-million. Rendered as byllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.lj??/
Numeral
billion
- 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
Usage notes
- Previous: milliard, 109
- Next: billiard, 1015
Related terms
- trillion, coined at same time
Descendants
- ? Catalan: bilió
References
Further reading
- “billion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
billion m (plural billions)
- billion, a million-million, 1012
- 1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6
- ung billion vault mille milliers de millions
- a billion is equivalent to a thousand thousands of millions
- ung billion vault mille milliers de millions
- 1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6
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bev
English
Noun
bev (plural bevs)
- Abbreviation of beverage.
- 2005, Anneke Jessen, Christopher Vignoles, Jamaica: Trade, Integration and the Quest for Growth (page 11)
- Spirits & dist. alcoholic bevs
- 2005, Anneke Jessen, Christopher Vignoles, Jamaica: Trade, Integration and the Quest for Growth (page 11)
Anagrams
- EBV
Breton
Adjective
bev
- live, having life
Related terms
- beva
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to bere, older *bevere. See Latin bibere.
Verb
bev
- to drink
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