quintillion

See also: Quintillion

English

Etymology

quint- (“five”) +‎ -illion

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

quintillion

(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
- 2014, BBC News Magazine Monitor, Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming, BBC:
  Last week, we used...the BBC News website's biggest number: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, that's 9.2 quintillion...[the maximum video viewer count on YouTube's] updated counter software.
(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.

Synonyms

10¹⁸: a long scale trillion
10³⁰: a short scale nonillion

Translations

a billion billion, 10¹⁸

Catalan: trilió (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 百亿亿
Dutch: triljoen (nl)
Esperanto: triiliono
Finnish: triljoona (fi)
French: trillion (fr) m, milliard de milliards (fr) m
Galician: trillón
German: Trillion (de) f
Greek: πεντάκις εκατομμύριο (el) n (pentákis ekatommýrio) (pentákis ekatommýrio)
Icelandic: trilljón f

Italian: trilione (it) m
Japanese: 百京 (hyakkei)
Korean: 백경 (baekgyeong)
Malay: kuintilion
Polish: trylion (pl) m
Portuguese: quintilhão (pt) m, quintilião m
Russian: квинтиллио́н (ru) m (kvintillión)
Spanish: trillón (es) m
Swedish: triljon (sv)
Turkish: kentilyon (tr)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} tỷ tỷ (vi)

a million quadrillion, 10³⁰

Catalan: quintilió (ca)
Dutch: quintiljoen (nl)
Esperanto: kviniliono
Finnish: kvintiljoona (fi)
French: quintillion (fr) m
German: Quintillion (de) f, Quinquillion f
Greek: εννεάκις εκατομμύριο n (enneákis ekatommýrio) (enneákis ekatommýrio)

Italian: quintilione (it) m
Japanese: 百穣 (hyaku-jō)
Portuguese: nonilhão (pt) m, nonilião m
Spanish: quintillón (es) m
Ukrainian: квінтильйон (uk) (kvintylʹjon)
Vietnamese: (lit. "ten to the thirtieth power") ^{(please verify)} mười luỹ thừa ba mươi , ^{(please verify)} ngàn tỷ tỷ tỷ , ^{(please verify)} nghìn tỷ tỷ tỷ (vi)

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Estonian: ^{(please verify)} kvintiljon

Latin: ^{(please verify)} quintillio

Noun

quintillion (plural quintillions)

(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:zillion.

Translations

any very large number

French: milliard (fr) m, milliards (fr) m pl, million (fr) m, millions (fr) m pl

Portuguese: zilhão (pt) m

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃/

Numeral

quintillion

10³⁰; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion.

Usage notes

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quintillion

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