milliard
Syllables: mil·liard/ˈmɪlɪɑːd/US/ˈmɪliɑɹd/
milliard numeral: 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.).
Numeral
milliard (plural milliards)
- 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
- For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155
- Synonyms:
- billion[short scale]]>, thousand million
milliard meaning in Tamil and Kannada
milliard in Tamil
- நூறு கோடி
milliard in Kannada
- ಒಂದು ನೂರು ಕೋಟಿ
Synonyms of milliard
- billion[short scale]]>
- thousand million
Forms of milliard
| plural | milliards |
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Origin of milliard
Borrowed from French milliard.
Words formed from milliard
Questions about milliard
- What does milliard mean?
- Milliard means 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.).
- What is milliard in Tamil?
- Milliard in Tamil is நூறு கோடி. See Milliard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is milliard?
- Milliard is a numeral.
- How do you pronounce milliard?
- Milliard is pronounced /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/ (UK).
Words near milliard in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: milliard (page history and authors); milliard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milliard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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