trillion
/ˈtɹɪljən/
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Australia/ˈtɹɪ(l)jən/
trillion numeral: a million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
Numeral
trillion (plural trillions)
- A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
- Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
- Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29.2024 January 3, Hanna Ziady, Tami Luhby, “US national debt hits record $34 trillion”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2024
- Synonyms:
- billion[long scale]]>
- A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
- Synonyms:
- quintillion
- An unspecified very large number.
- Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
- There were trillions of people at the concert.
- Synonyms:
- gazillion
Noun
trillion (plural trillions)
- A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.
trillion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
trillion in Hindi
- a million million, 1012 — see also billion
- महापद्म mahāpadma
trillion in Tamil
- மும்மனுல்லியம், மும்மநுல்லியம், நான்மடி ஆயிரம்
trillion in Telugu
- ట్రిలియన్
trillion in Malayalam
- trillion
- ട്രില്യൺ ṭrilyaṇ
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- trillion in Kannada
- ಟ್ರಿಲಿಯನ್
- trillion in Gujarati
- ટ્રિલીયન
- trillion in Sanskrit
- महापद्म mahāpadma
- trillion in Sinhala
- ත්රිලියනය triliyanaya
- trillion in Nepali
- ट्रिलीयन, ट्रिलियन
- trillion in Tagalog
- trilyon
- trillion in Arabic
- بِلْيُون bilyūn, تِرِيلِيُون tirīliyūn, تِرِيلِْيُون tirīliyūn
- trillion in Malay
- trilion
- trillion in Indonesian
- triliun, biliun
- trillion in Persian
- تریلیون terilyon
- trillion in Vietnamese
- nghìn tỉ, ngàn tỉ
- trillion in Myanmar
- ထရီလီယံ hta.riliyam
Examples of trillion in a sentence
- (hyperbolic) There were trillions of people at the concert.
- The nation holds substantial oil reserves and about $24 trillion in mineral wealth.
- The Black Budget currently consumes one point twenty-five trillion dollars per year.
Synonyms of trillion
- billion[long scale]]>
- quintillion
- gazillion
Forms of trillion
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| plural | trillions |
| Noun | |
| plural | trillions |
Origin of trillion
Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.
Words formed from trillion
Words that rhyme with trillion
- pavilion
- vermilion
- pillion
- billion
- novemdecillion
- quintillion
- Brazilian
- Castilian
- centillion
- decillion
- duodecillion
- duovigintillion
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- million
- nonillion
- octillion
- octodecillion
- quadrillion
- quattuordecillion
- quattuorvigintillion
- quindecillion
- septendecillion
- septillion
- sexdecillion
- sextillion
- tredecillion
- trevigintillion
- trigintillion
- undecillion
- unvigintillion
- duotrigintillion
- gazillion
- gillian
- gillion
- godzillion
- gorillion
- Jillian
- jillion
- Kabylian
- Luxulyan
- mandilion
- mandylion
- Maximilian
- millillion
- millinillion
- novemtrigintillion
- novemvigintillion
- octogintillion
- octotrigintillion
- octovigintillion
- quadragintillion
- quattuortrigintillion
- quinquagintillion
- quinvigintillion
- septentrigintillion
- septenvigintillion
- sextrigintillion
- sexvigintillion
- squillion
- untrigintillion
- vigintillion
Questions about trillion
- What does trillion mean?
- Trillion means a million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
- What is trillion in Hindi?
- Trillion in Hindi is महापद्म (mahāpadma). See Trillion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trillion?
- Trillion can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce trillion?
- Trillion is pronounced /ˈtɹɪljən/.
Words near trillion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trillion (page history and authors); trillion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trillion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ട്രില്യൺ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); trillion (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trillion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trillion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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