- tril|lion
- tril|lion «TRIHL yuhn», noun, adjective.1. (in the U.S., Canada, and France) 1 followed by 12 zeros; one thousand billions.2. (in Great Britain and Germany) 1 followed by 18 zeros; one million billions.
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tril·lion — … Useful english dictionary
tril — gas·tril·e·gous; gas·tril·o·quist; nos·tril; nos·tril·i·ty; ny·tril; prall·tril·ler; tril·by; tril·la·do; tril·li·a·ce·ae; tril·ling; tril·li·um; tril·lo; tril·o·gy; ven·tril·o·quist; ven·tril·o·quis·tic; ven·tril·o·quize; ven·tril·o·quous;… … English syllables
trillion — tril·lion … English syllables
trillion — tril|lion [ˈtrıljən] number plural trillion or trillions [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: tri three + illion (as in million)] 1.) the number 1,000,000,000,000 ▪ In a short time the number of cells is more than a trillion. two/three/four etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
trillion — tril|lion [ trıljən ] number 1. ) the number 1,000,000,000,000: sixteen trillion dollars over a trillion dollars in profit 2. ) trillions or a trillion a very large number or amount of something: We have a trillion things to do this morning … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trillion — cvb tril•lion [[t]ˈtrɪl yən[/t]] n. pl. lions, (as after a numeral) lion, 1) a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeros; a thousand billions 2) (in Great Britain) a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 18 zeros; a billion… … From formal English to slang
Trillion — Tril lion, n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref. tri in imitation of million a million. Cf. {Billion}.] According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trillion — tril‧lion [ˈtrɪljən] number trillion PLURALFORM or trillions one million million; 1,000,000,000,000: • The bank has assets of about a trillion euros. * * * trillion … Financial and business terms
jillion — n American an almost inexpressibly large number or amount. A teenagers coinage referring to uncountable figures in excess of millions and billions. Other similar terms are tril lion (in fact a real number), squillion and zillion … Contemporary slang
Otrange — Ne doit pas être confondu avec Oetrange. Otrange L’église Sainte Gertrude … Wikipédia en Français
