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trillion

//ˈtɹɪljən//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Numeral

A word that represents a number or quantity.

Note for trillion

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Forms

Plural
trillions

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.(slang)

Numeral

A word that represents a number or quantity.

  1. 1.Either of two large amounts:

    • Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.
    • Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29.
  2. 2.An unspecified very large number.(colloquial)

    • There were trillions of people at the concert.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4964

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

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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