Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.
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Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.
As President Donald Trump prepares to order the dismantling of the Department of Education, the financial arm of the agency – which makes loans directly to borrowers and manages trillions of dollars in student debt – faces an uncertain future, with steep staff cuts and lack of communication exacerbating the uncertainty, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former department employees.2025 March 7, Kayla Tausche, “Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2025:
Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29.2024 January 3, Hanna Ziady, Tami Luhby, “US national debt hits record $34 trillion”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2024:
Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
There were trillions of people at the concert.
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
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billion · thousand million · million · quadrillion · milliard · thousand · sextillion · quintillion
trillionfold · megatrillion · multitrillion · trillionaire · trillionth
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quintillion · gazillion · billion[long scale]]>
hy երկիլիոն (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · mnc ᠰᠠᠵᠠ (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · tt триллион (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · nv chiyóón (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · id triliun (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ro trilion (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · pl trylion (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · ro bilion (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ka ტრილიონი (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · it bilione (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ru квинтиллио́н (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · tr kentilyon (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · uk трильйо́н (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fo trillión (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · kl billioni (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · bg трилио́н (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · sv biljon (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ko 만억 (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · my ထရီလီယံ (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fa تریلیون (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · km ពាន់ពាន់លាន (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · es trillón (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ca bilió (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · id biliun (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ko 조 (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · hy եռիլիոն (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · ca trilió (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · et triljon (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · ar تِرِيلِيُون (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fo billión (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ms trilion (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fi triljoona (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · vi ngàn tỉ (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · be трыльён (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fr trillion (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · cs bilión (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · sk bilión (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · jv kirna (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · sw trilioni (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · mnc ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠵᡳᡵᡠᠨ (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · sa महापद्म (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · cmn 兆 (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · pt trilhão (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ru триллио́н (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · de Trillion (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · fr mille milliards (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ja 兆 (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · mt triljun (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · et biljon (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · pt bilião (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · eo duiliono (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · si ත්රිලියනය (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · vi nghìn tỉ (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · af biljoen (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · tr trilyon (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · pt trilião (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · tl trilyon (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · ar بِلْيُون (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · el τρισεκατομμύριο (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · mi tiriona (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · es billón (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fr billion (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · de Billion (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · eo biliono (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · eo triiliono (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · ar تِرِيلِْيُون (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · cs trilión (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · hi महापद्म (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · nl triljoen (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · mt biljun (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · hu billió (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · sk trilión (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · es trillón (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · pt quintilhão (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · sv triljon (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · nl biljoen (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · fi biljoona (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · hy տրիլիոն (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · pl bilion (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · yi ביליאָן (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · cmn 萬億 /万亿 (a million million, 1012 — see also billion) · it trilione (a million million million, 1018 — see also quintillion) · km លានលាន (a million million, 1012 — see also billion)
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