sextillion

See also: Sextillion

English

Etymology

From the prefix sext- (six) + -illion (from million); ie the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪljən

Numeral

sextillion

(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
(dated British & Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.

Synonyms

10³⁶: a short scale undecillion

Translations

a trillion billion, 10²¹

Dutch: triljard (nl)
Finnish: triljardi
French: trilliard (fr)
German: Trilliarde (de)
Italian: triliardo (it)
Japanese: 十垓 (jū-gai)

Korean: 십해 (siphae)
Malay: sekstilion
Polish: tryliard (pl) m
Portuguese: sextilhão (pt)
Russian: секстиллио́н (ru) m (sekstillión)
Spanish: mil trillones

a million quintillion, 10³⁶

Dutch: sextiljoen (nl)
Finnish: sekstiljoona (fi)
French: frantic (fr), sextillion (fr)

German: Sextillion (de)
Japanese: 一澗 (ikkan)
Spanish: sextillón (es)

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Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sekstiljon

Latin: ^{(please verify)} sextillio