multimillion

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adjective

Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivemultimillion (not comparable)

alternative multi-million

  1. not comparableHaving several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

    Edhi lived in a humble, ascetic way, even as his charity became a multimillion-pound enterprise.

    2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2017
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    A project led by Annie Collier, a clinical psychologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, to study vaccine hesitancy among Alaska Native and American Indian people and test strategies to promote vaccination was also cut short. Her multimillion NIH grant was terminated on 10 March.

    2025 March 31, Sara Reardon, “Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?”, in Science, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  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. Middle Englishmilioun
  22. Englishmillion
  23. Englishmultimillion

From multi- + million.

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Translations

Catalan multimilionari
  • multimilionarihaving several millions
Finnish monimiljoonainen
  • monimiljoonainenhaving several millions
French multimillionnaire
  • multimillionnairehaving several millions
German millionenschwer, millionenteuer
  • millionenschwerhaving several millions
  • millionenteuerhaving several millions
Hindi बहुकरोड़ा
  • बहुकरोड़ा (bahukroṛā)having several millions
Hungarian többmilliós, többmilliónyi
  • többmillióshaving several millions
  • többmilliónyihaving several millions
Italian multimilionario
  • multimilionariohaving several millions
Polish wielomilionowy
  • wielomilionowyhaving several millions
Portuguese multimilionário
  • multimilionáriohaving several millions
Russian многомиллио́нный
  • многомиллио́нный (mnogomilliónnyj)having several millions
Spanish multimillonario
  • multimillonariohaving several millions
Ukrainian багатомільйо́нний
  • багатомільйо́нний (bahatomilʹjónnyj)having several millions
Cite this entry
APA

multimillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimillion

MLA

“multimillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimillion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multimillion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimillion.

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