trillion
Plural: trillions
Noun
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
- "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
- "in England they call a trillion a billion"
- A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.
- pl. -S a number
Adjective Satellite
- one quintillion in Great Britain
- one million million in the United States
Num
- Either of two large amounts:
- A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
- Either of two large amounts:
- A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
- An unspecified very large number.
Examples
- "There were trillions of people at the concert."
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion.
Synonyms
1000000000000, billion, gazillion, jillion, million, one million million, one million million million, zillion, billion[long scale]]>, quintillion
Scrabble Score: 8
trillion: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordtrillion: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trillion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary