Meanings
plural trilliards
- AustraliaUKdatedrareOne thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
2003, François Cardarelli, Column in a table, Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins, Power of ten ...UK, France (n rule) million billion billiard trillion trilliard
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We read of milliards, and even trilliards, of roubles, marks, francs and dollars, but we do not comprehend them in the sense of visualising and retaining a clear-cut picture of what the figures really imply.
1922, Industrial Peace, volume 10, London: St. Catherine Press, page 167Synonyms: a short scale sextillion
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralOne thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
Origin
- Frenchtrilliard
- Englishtrilliard
From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
More words from French
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Esperanto triiliardo
- triiliardo1021, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion
French trilliard
- trilliard1021, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion
Spanish trillardo
- trillardo1021, a thousand million million million (a billion trillion) — see also sextillion
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