gigalitre

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noun

A unit of volume equivalent to 10⁹ litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: GL or Gl.

“Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre < megalitre”

OriginEnglish litre ← Spanish litre ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas) →
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Meanings

noungigalitre (plural gigalitres)

plural gigalitres · alternative gigaliter

  1. A unit of volume equivalent to 10⁹ litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: GL or Gl.

    Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre < megalitre

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Spanishlitre
  5. Englishlitre
  6. Englishgigalitre

From giga- + litre.

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Translations

Bulgarian гигали́тър
  • гигали́тър (gigalítăr)one billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
Finnish gigalitra
  • gigalitraone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
French gigalitre
  • gigalitreone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
Icelandic gígalítri
  • gígalítrione billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
Spanish gigalitro
  • gigalitroone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
Swedish gigaliter
  • gigaliterone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
Thai กิกะลิตร, จิกะลิตร
  • กิกะลิตรone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres
  • จิกะลิตรone billion (109; 1,000,000,000) litres

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

liggerati
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APA

gigalitre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigalitre

MLA

“gigalitre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigalitre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gigalitre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigalitre.

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