milliard

From French milliard.

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪliɑɹd/

milliard (plural milliards)

2. (now rare) 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.) [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: billion (short scale), thousand million

   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155:

     For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].

• milliardaire
• milliardfold
• milliardth

• Previous: million. Next: billion.
• Symbolic: 10⁹ = 1,000,000,000

• millirad

French milliard.

milliard

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From French milliard.

• IPA^(key): [miliˈɑˀd̥], [milˈjɑˀd̥]

milliard

1. 10⁹

From million, by changing the suffix to -ard.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljaʁ/

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milliard m (plural milliards)

1. billion (10⁹)

• “milliard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

milliard m (definite singular milliarden, indefinite plural milliarder, definite plural milliardene)

1. milliard (a short scale billion).
2. a billion (1000 million)

• “milliard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

milliard m (definite singular milliarden, indefinite plural milliardar, definite plural milliardane)

1. milliard (a short scale billion).
2. a billion (1000 million)

• “milliard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• milliarda (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

milliard

1. (Puter, Vallader) milliard (a short scale billion).

milliard m (plural milliards)

1. (Puter, Vallader) milliard (a short scale billion).

• milliardari

Borrowed from Russian миллиа́рд (milliárd).

milliard (Cyrillic spelling миллиард)

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

milliard

1. milliard

• milliardinchi (“milliardth”)