miliard
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French milliard.
Pronunciation
Noun
miliard m (plural miliards)
- (cardinal number, rare) billion (109)
Usage notes
- The usual way to express this number is as mil milions (literally “a thousand million”), rather than this word.
Further reading
- “miliard”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “miliard”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “miliard” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “miliard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Numeral
miliard
- billion, 109
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 648.
Polish
| ← 1,000 | ← 1,000,000 (106) | 1,000,000,000 (109) | 1012 → | 1015 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: miliard Ordinal: miliardowy | ||||
Etymology
Borrowed from French milliard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ljart/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iljart
- Syllabification: mi‧liard
Noun
miliard m inan (abbreviation mld)
Declension
Declension of miliard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | miliard | miliardy |
| genitive | miliarda | miliardów |
| dative | miliardowi | miliardom |
| accusative | miliard | miliardy |
| instrumental | miliardem | miliardami |
| locative | miliardzie | miliardach |
| vocative | miliardzie | miliardy |
Further reading
- miliard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- miliard in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French milliard.
Noun
miliard n (plural miliarde)