million

Syllables: mil·lion/ˈmɪl.jən/

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Australia/ˈmɪ(l)jən/

million numeral: the cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).

Numeral

million (plural millions)

The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
- Near-synonyms: mega-, M-
- Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country. […] So far, only 56 million NINs have been collected by mobile operators, according to a federal government press release.2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN
Synonyms:

mega-
(colloquial, excessive) An unspecified very large number.
- Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
- I told you a million times before.
Synonyms:

gazillion

million meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

million in Hindi

cardinal number: दस लाख das lākh, १००००००, नियुत niyut

million in Tamil

இருமடி ஆயிரம், நுல்லியம்

million in Urdu

cardinal number: دس لاکھ das lākh

million in Bengali

cardinal number: নুযুত nujut, মিলিয়ন miliẏon

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million in Telugu: పది లక్షలు padi lakṣalu
million in Malayalam: ദശലക്ഷം daśalakṣaṁ, പത്തുലക്ഷം pattulakṣaṁ
million in Kannada: ದಶಲಕ್ಷ daśalakṣa
million in Punjabi: ਦਸ ਲਾਖ das lākh
million in Gujarati: દશ લાખ daś lākh
million in Sanskrit: दशलक्षं daśalakṣaṃ, नियुत niyuta
million in Sinhala: මිලියනය miliyanaya
million in Nepali: दश लाख daś lākh
million in Pashto: ميليون milyun
million in Tagalog: milyon, angaw
million in Arabic: مِلْيُون milyōn, ١٠٠٠٠٠٠
million in Malay: juta
million in Indonesian: sejuta, juta
million in Persian: میلیون milyon, هزارهزار hezārhezār
million in Thai: ล้าน láan
million in Vietnamese: một triệu, triệu
million in Myanmar: သန်း san:

Examples of million in a sentence

I can think of millions of reasons not to go.
Up and round and through caves and out over precipices at a million miles an hour.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 38:

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Synonyms of million

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Forms of million

plural	millions

Origin of million

Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.

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Words that rhyme with million

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Questions about million

What does million mean?: Million means the cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
What is million in Hindi?: Million in Hindi is दस लाख (das lākh), १००००००, नियुत (niyut). See Million meaning in Hindi.
How do you use million in a sentence?: I can think of millions of reasons not to go.
What part of speech is million?: Million is a numeral.
How do you pronounce million?: Million is pronounced /ˈmɪl.jən/.

Words near million in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: million (page history and authors); million (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ದಶಲಕ್ಷ (Kannada) (page history and authors); दश लाख (Nepali) (page history and authors); ميليون (Pashto) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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