see|Billion
English

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

Pronunciation
IPA|/�bɪlj�n/, SAMPA|/"bIlj@n/
audio|en-us-billion.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪlj�n
Hyphenation: bil·lion

Cardinal number
billion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, w:Long and short scales|short scale) A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
2. (dated British & Australian, w:Long and short scales|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 w:Long and short scales|short scale, 10¹² w:Long and short scales|long scale
*Previous: w:Long and short scales|short scale: million, 10⁶; w:Long and short scales|long scale: milliard, 10⁹
*Next: trillion: w:Long and short scales|short scale 10¹², w:Long and short scales|long scale 10¹⁸
ISO prefix: giga-

Derived terms
billionaire

Translations
trans-top|a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; 10⁹; a milliard
Bosnian: milijarda#Bosnian|milijarda f
Breton: miliard
Chinese: ��, �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: δι�εκα�ομμ��ιο (disekatommýrio) n
Hebrew: �����ר� (miliard)
Hungarian: milliárd
Indonesian: milyar
trans-mid
Interlingua: milliardo
Italian: miliardo
Japanese: 1Ã�10⁹ 10Ã�10⁸ å��å�� (ã��ã��ã��ã��ã��, jÅ«-oku)
Latvian: miljards
Maltese: biljun
Norwegian: milliard
Novial: miliarde
Polish: miliard
Portuguese mil milhões m
Romanian: miliard n
Russian: биллион (billión) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: мили�а�да#Serbian|мили�а�да f
:Roman: milijarda#Serbian|milijarda f
Slovak: miliarda f (1)
Spanish: millardo m, mil millones m
Swedish: miljard c
Tatar: milliard (миллиа�д)
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trans-top|a million million; 1,000,000,000,000; 10¹²
Chinese: � (zhào)
Czech: bilión m
Dutch: biljoen
Esperanto: duiliono
Finnish: biljoona
French: #French|billion
German: Billion
Greek: ��ι�εκα�ομμ��ιο n
trans-mid
Japanese: � (���, ch�)
Novial: bilione
Portuguese: bilião m (Portugal), bilhão m (Brazil)
Russian: ��иллион (trillión) m
Slovak: bilión m
Spanish: billón m
Swedish: biljon c
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|���ار|�������� (milyūn), ARchar|ب���� (bilyūn)
ttbc|Portuguese: bilhão m
ttbc|Sinhalese: බ�ල�යනය (biliyanaya)
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ttbc|Turkish: milyar
ttbc|Welsh: biliwn (1)

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/bi.lj��/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /bi.ljO~/

Cardinal number
billion

1. A w:Long and short scales|long scale billion#English|billion, 10¹²; a w:Long and short scales|short scale trillion.

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