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billionth en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪl.i.ənθ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɪl.jənθ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion English -th English billionth From billion + -th (ordinal suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) The ordinal form of the number one billion.

Translations (7)

it miliardesimo (ordinal form of one billion) · cs miliardtý (ordinal form of one billion) · pl miliardowy (ordinal form of one billion) · fr milliardième (ordinal form of one billion) · de milliardste (ordinal form of one billion) · uk мілья́рдний (ordinal form of one billion) · hi अरबवाँ (ordinal form of one billion)

billionth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪl.i.ənθ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɪl.jənθ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion English -th English billionth From billion + -th (ordinal suffix).

Meanings

1. The person or thing in the billionth position.
2. One of a billion equal parts of a whole.
   • That is an extraordinary achievement for a spiky ball of genetic material coated in fatty chemicals called lipids, and which measures 80 billionths of a metre in diameter. Humanity has been brought low by a very humble assailant. 2020 April 19, Robin McKie, “Coronavirus: five months on, what scientists know about Covid-19”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Translations (33)

fi miljardis (billionth) · ro miliardele (billionth) · et miljardik (billionth) · it miliardesimo (billionth) · hi अरबवीं (billionth) · hi अरबवाँ (billionth) · pt bilionésimo (billionth) · sk miliardtina (billionth) · nb milliarddel (billionth) · uz milliardinchi (billionth) · fi miljardisosa (billionth) · nn milliarddel (billionth) · de Milliardstel (billionth) · ru миллиа́рдный (billionth) · sk miliardtý (billionth) · az milyardıncı (billionth) · uk мільярдний (billionth) · mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᠨᠠᡳᠴᡳ (billionth) · ka მილიარდი (billionth) · tr milyarıncı (billionth) · tt миллиардынчы (billionth) · sv miljarddel (billionth) · cs miliardtina (billionth) · hi अरबवें (billionth) · ky миллиардынчы (billionth) · be мільярдны (billionth) · pl miliardowy (billionth) · kk миллиардыншы (billionth) · hy միլիարդերորդ (billionth) · pl bilionowy (billionth) · cs miliardtý (billionth) · fr milliardième (billionth) · da milliardtedel (billionth)