milliard

Etymology

From French milliard.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

milliard (plural milliards)

1. (cardinal, now rare) 10⁹, a thousand times a million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.) [from 18th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 155:

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

Etymology

French milliard.

Numeral

milliard

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

References

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

Noun

milliard

1. 10⁹

Etymology

From million, by changing the suffix to -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljaʁ/

Numeral

milliard

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

Noun

milliard m (plural milliards)

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).

Further reading

• “milliard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

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

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

References

• “milliard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

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

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

References

• “milliard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

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

Numeral

milliard

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

Noun

milliard m (plural milliards)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian миллиа́рд (milliárd).

Numeral

milliard (Cyrillic spelling миллиард)

1. A milliard (a short scale billion).