milliún
Irish
| ← 1 | ← 1,000 | 1,000,000 (106) | 1,000,000,000 (109) → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: milliún Ordinal: milliúnú | ||||
Etymology
From Old French million, from Italian milione (“million”), from mille (“thousand”) (from Latin mille) + the augmentative suffix -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲil̠ʲuːnˠ/
Numeral
milliún
Noun
milliún m (genitive singular milliúin, nominative plural milliúin)
- million
Declension
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| milliún | mhilliún | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milliún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “milliún”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milliún”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “milliún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025