million en · NUM
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 millionbor. Middle English milioun English million Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.
Meanings
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The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country. […] So far, only 56 million NINs have been collected by mobile operators, according to a federal government press release.
2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:Near-synonyms: mega-, M-
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(colloquial, excessive) An unspecified very large number.
I told you a million times before.
Up and round and through caves and out over precipices at a million miles an hour. The girls are behind me and I'm holding Matt, what a buzz.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 38:Let him bring millions infinite of men, Unpeopling weſterne Affrica and Greece: Yet we aſſure vs of the victorie.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:Time stood still and we were lost on words to say / And though the people stared, they seemed a million miles away / Oh, we knew it was love we were feeling / We were destined to give it a whole new meaning
1981, Chaka Khan, “Fate”, in What Cha' Gonna Do for Me:I can think of millions of reasons not to go.
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| millions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
billion · trillion · thousand million · quadrillion · milliard · thousand · sextillion · quintillion
Deriveds
multimillion · million dollar question · multi-million · one thousand million · hectomillion · millionfold · hundred million · millionennium · like a million bucks · millionist · never in a million years · millionth · one hundred million · millionism · supra-million · one in a million · decamillion · million million · millionaire · thanks a million · million-dollar question · vigintillion · not in a million · millionize · million city · thousand million · one million · millionheiress · millionocracy · Milliongate · not in a million years · millionty · megamillion · like a million pounds · centimillion · million and one · million-dollar · millioned · supramillion · ten million · millionary · like a million dollars · you're welcome a million
Descendants
මිලියනය · miliona · மில்லியன் · mílíọ̀nù · miriona
Relateds
mn · mn. · Previous: thousand. Next: billion (short scale) · mln · mul:M · mega- (ISO prefix) · mln. · Previous: thousand. Next: milliard (long scale) · millionth · mega
Synonyms
mln · mil · m · MM. · mn · mln. · mul:M- · M. · m. · mega- · mn. · MM · gazillion · M · mil.
Translations (155)
egy C11 (cardinal number) · ga milliún (cardinal number) · mk милио́н (cardinal number) · th ล้าน (cardinal number) · sah мөлүйүөн (cardinal number) · kdr yüz tümen (cardinal number) · pt milhão (cardinal number) · oj midaaswaak daso midaawaak (cardinal number) · hil hambad (cardinal number) · hi १०००००० (cardinal number) · ml ദശലക്ഷം (cardinal number) · gd muillean (cardinal number) · sa दशलक्षं (cardinal number) · arc ܡܠܝܘܢ (cardinal number) · bg милио́н (cardinal number) · fr million (cardinal number) · ja 百万 (cardinal number) · qu hunu (cardinal number) · ia un million (cardinal number) · lt milijonas (cardinal number) · pam milyun (cardinal number) · jv yuta (cardinal number) · ckb میلیۆن (cardinal number) · sh милѝјӯн (cardinal number) · nv míiltsoh (cardinal number) · oc milion (cardinal number) · bua сая (cardinal number) · az milyon (cardinal number) · ar مِلْيُون (cardinal number) · de Million (cardinal number) · br milion (cardinal number) · sv million (cardinal number) · cmn 百萬 /百万 (cardinal number) · hy միլիոն (cardinal number) · it milione (cardinal number) · frm million (cardinal number) · es cuento (cardinal number) · eu milioi (cardinal number) · ka მილიონი (cardinal number) · sh milìōn (cardinal number) · vi triệu (cardinal number) · hy բյուրհազար (cardinal number) · hu millió (cardinal number) · mnb dhuta (cardinal number) · yue 百萬 /百万 (cardinal number) · id juta (cardinal number) · ro milion (cardinal number) · ceb yukot (cardinal number) · kdr iz timen (cardinal number) · fi miljoona (cardinal number) · hi नियुत (cardinal number) · bn মিলিয়ন (cardinal number) · ak ɔpepem (cardinal number) · khb ᦟᦱᧃᧉ (cardinal number) · az یوز تومان (cardinal number) · acw مِلْيون (cardinal number) · is miljón (cardinal number) · sq milion (cardinal number) · is milljón (cardinal number) · tk million (cardinal number) · lus maktaduai (cardinal number) · sl milijon (cardinal number) · shn လၢၼ်ႉ (cardinal number) · ru миллио́н (cardinal number) · ast millón (cardinal number) · ky миллион (cardinal number) · fa میلیون (cardinal number) · pl milion (cardinal number) · xal сай (cardinal number) · he מִילְיוֹן (cardinal number) · te పది లక్షలు (cardinal number) · uz million (cardinal number) · nrf millaon (cardinal number) · tyv сая (cardinal number) · ko 백만 (cardinal number) · hil ramak (cardinal number) · tyv миллион (cardinal number) · sa नियुत (cardinal number) · la milliō (cardinal number) · af miljoen (cardinal number) · az yüz tümən (cardinal number) · gu દશ લાખ (cardinal number) · cy miliwn (cardinal number) · sh милѝо̄н (cardinal number) · oj midaaswaak daso-midaawaak (cardinal number) · nv tʼááłáhádí míiltsoh (cardinal number) · el εκατομμύριο (cardinal number) · ur دس لاکھ (cardinal number) · ota پكمن (cardinal number) · haw miliona (cardinal number) · tt миллион (cardinal number) · arc ܐܠܦܐ ܐܠܦܐ (cardinal number) · cu леодръ (cardinal number) · si මිලියනය (cardinal number) · pam sangyuta (cardinal number) · yo mílíọ̀nù (cardinal number) · uk мільйо́н (cardinal number) · ce миллион (cardinal number) · id sejuta (cardinal number) · my သန်း (cardinal number) · ml പത്തുലക്ഷം (cardinal number) · om kitila (cardinal number) · se miljovdna (cardinal number) · sh milìjūn (cardinal number) · tl milyon (cardinal number) · sv miljon (cardinal number) · ar ١٠٠٠٠٠٠ (cardinal number) · es millón (cardinal number) · lv miljons (cardinal number) · ca milió (cardinal number) · chk minion (cardinal number) · kk миллион (cardinal number) · hi दस लाख (cardinal number) · cs milión (cardinal number) · ug مىليون (cardinal number) · kdr miliyon (cardinal number) · gd millean (cardinal number) · crh million (cardinal number) · eo miliono (cardinal number) · lo ລ້ານ (cardinal number) · sah муҥ (cardinal number) · lou milyon (cardinal number) · la decies centena milia (cardinal number) · gv millioon (cardinal number) · tl angaw (cardinal number) · lnd ribet (cardinal number) · fa هزارهزار (cardinal number) · km មួយលាន (cardinal number) · da million (cardinal number) · pa ਦਸ ਲਾਖ (cardinal number) · kmr mîlyon (cardinal number) · mt miljun (cardinal number) · tr bir milyon (cardinal number) · hil milyon (cardinal number) · yo àádọ́ta ọ̀kẹ́ (cardinal number) · nb million (cardinal number) · esu miilicaaq (cardinal number) · nl miljoen (cardinal number) · nn million (cardinal number) · vi một triệu (cardinal number) · vo balion (cardinal number) · ceb milyon (cardinal number) · enm milioun (cardinal number) · et miljon (cardinal number) · mi miriona (cardinal number) · sk milión (cardinal number) · tg миллион (cardinal number) · be мільён (cardinal number) · mn сая (cardinal number) · ms juta (cardinal number) · yi מיליאָן (cardinal number) · bn নুযুত (cardinal number) · mnc ᡨ᠋ᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᡨᡠ᠋ᠮᡝᠨ (cardinal number) · yo ẹgbẹ̀ẹgbẹ̀rún (cardinal number) · az میلیون (cardinal number)