English Etymology bi-, two, + (m)illion, ie, a million squared Cardinal number (US; modern British) A thousand million; a 1 followed by nine zeros; 109. (Archaic US; old-fashioned British) A million millions; 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012. ISO prefix: giga- Translations Breton: miliard Chinese: 10 億 ,十億 Dutch: miljard n Esperanto: miliardo Estonian: miljard French: milliard m (1), billion m (2) German: die Milliarde f Greek: disekatommyria Indonesian: milyar Interlingua: milliardo Japanese: 1×10⁹ = 10×10⁸ = 10億 (じゅうおく, jū-oku) Polish: miliard Portuguese: bilhão Romanian: miliard n Slovio: gigalion Spanish: mil millones (note : the word millardo is very rare in Spanish, so for example 3 billion is translated into 3 mil millones) (1), billón (2) Swedish: miljard Welsh: biliwn (1) French billion (1012); trillion (1012)
Etymology bi-, two, + (m)illion, ie, a million squared
Cardinal number (US; modern British) A thousand million; a 1 followed by nine zeros; 109. (Archaic US; old-fashioned British) A million millions; 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012. ISO prefix: giga-
Translations Breton: miliard Chinese: 10 億 ,十億 Dutch: miljard n Esperanto: miliardo Estonian: miljard French: milliard m (1), billion m (2) German: die Milliarde f Greek: disekatommyria Indonesian: milyar Interlingua: milliardo Japanese: 1×10⁹ = 10×10⁸ = 10億 (じゅうおく, jū-oku) Polish: miliard Portuguese: bilhão Romanian: miliard n Slovio: gigalion Spanish: mil millones (note : the word millardo is very rare in Spanish, so for example 3 billion is translated into 3 mil millones) (1), billón (2) Swedish: miljard Welsh: biliwn (1) French billion (1012); trillion (1012)
