multibillionaire en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- 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 ▲ French million Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French millionnairebor. English millionaire English -aire English billionaire English multibillionaire From multi- + billionaire.
Meanings
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A person with a net worth of multiple billions, typically measured in US dollars.
But it took Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the multibillionaire with a reputation for cool-headedness, to actually bar him, beginning in April, from City Hall news conferences.
2007 June 16, Diane Cardwell, “A Gadfly Becomes Persona Non Grata in City Hall”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| multi-billionaire | alternative | lexicographic | |
| multibillionaires | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
multimillionaire · multizillionaire
Translations (30)
tr multimilyarder (person worth many billions) · cy mwltibiliwnydd (person worth many billions) · fr multimilliardaire (person worth many billions) · es multibillonario (person worth many billions) · cmn 多億萬富翁 /多亿万富翁 (person worth many billions) · pl multimiliarder (person worth many billions) · sl multimilijardar (person worth many billions) · sm mulitipilionea (person worth many billions) · ru мультимиллиарде́рша (person worth many billions) · hu multimilliárdos (person worth many billions) · ka მულტიმილიარდერი (person worth many billions) · id miliarder besar (person worth many billions) · sk multimiliardár (person worth many billions) · no mangemilliardær (person worth many billions) · ro multimiliardară (person worth many billions) · ru мультимиллиарде́р (person worth many billions) · cs multimiliardář (person worth many billions) · pt multibilionária (person worth many billions) · fi monimiljardööri (person worth many billions) · pt multibilionário (person worth many billions) · nl multimiljardair (person worth many billions) · ro multimiliardar (person worth many billions) · fi multimiljardööri (person worth many billions) · es multibillonaria (person worth many billions) · de Multimilliardärin (person worth many billions) · eo multimilardulo (person worth many billions) · de Multimilliardär (person worth many billions) · tl multibilyonaryo (person worth many billions) · fa مولتی میلیاردر (person worth many billions) · sv mångmiljardär (person worth many billions)