billionfold

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adjective

A billion times so

“a billionfold dilution”

OriginEnglish billion ← French billion ← Middle French million →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivebillionfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableA billion times so

    a billionfold dilution

    1 more example

    a billionfold increase

adverbbillionfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a billionfold way; by a billion degrees; on a scale of a billion

    magnify something a billionfold

    2 more examples

    multiply something a billionfold

    it is a billionfold heavier than something else

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
thousand-millionfold

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Proto-Italic*dwis
  5. Old Latinduis
  6. Latinbis
  7. Frenchbi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  14. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  15. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  16. Latinmīlle
  17. Italianmille
  18. Italianmilione
  19. Old Frenchmillion
  20. Middle Frenchmillion
  21. Frenchmillionbf.
  22. Frenchbillion
  23. Englishbillion
  24. Englishbillionfold

From billion + -fold.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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