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-illion

1. Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million.

   ‎bi- + ‎-illion → ‎billion

   ‎tri- + ‎-illion → ‎trillion

2. Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.

   bajillion, gazillion

使用する際の注意点

• The words formed with this suffix may mean either ${\displaystyle 1,000,000^{n}}$ or ${\displaystyle 1000^{n+1}}$ in different nations and languages. Hence billion can mean “one million million” or “one thousand million”. See Long and short scales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

派生語

関連する語

• -illiard

参考

• Indefinite and fictitious numbers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia