milliard n : a billion; "in England they call one thousand million a milliard"

English

Pronunciation

Numeral

milliard

1. In the context of "cardinal|UK|rare": 109, a thousand millions.

• Western (Arabic) Numeral milliard, 109
  • Previous: long scale: million, 1,000,000
  • Next: long scale: billion, 1012
• Symbolic: 109 = 1,000,000,000

Synonyms

• a short scale billion

Translations

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

milliard.

Cardinal number

milliard

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

Declension

References

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French

Cardinal number

milliard

1. A [[milliard#English

Milliard is a French-derived word meaning the number 1,000,000,000 (109; one thousand million; SI prefix giga). It is not used in American English and is rare in other forms of English - the preferred term being 'thousand million'. When South Africa adopted the metric system in 1971, "milliard" was recommended by the Metrication Board, but has often been ignored in practice. During the 20th century, the short scale "billion" superseded 'thousand million' to become the normal term in the most of the English-speaking world.

"Milliard", or a version thereof, is common to many languages other than English.

See also

• Long and short scales for a history of the term
• Names of large numbers
• Number names