miljoen

See also: miljön

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch miljoen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

miljoen (plural miljoene)

  1. million

Dutch

Dutch numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000  ←  100,000 1,000,000 (106) 1,000,000,000 (109)  →  1012  → 
    Cardinal: miljoen
    Ordinal: miljoenste

Alternative forms

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle French million, from Italian milione, from mille (“thousand”) + -one (“augmentative suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪlˈjun/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mil‧joen
  • Rhymes: -un

Noun

miljoen n (plural miljoenen, diminutive miljoentje n)

  1. a million, 106

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: miljoen
  • Negerhollands: millioon
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: melyun
  • → Caribbean Javanese: milyun
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