nonillion

== English == === Etymology === From French nonillion. By surface analysis, non- (“nine”) +‎ -illion. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪljən === Numeral === nonillion (plural nonillions) (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) 1030. 2001, Raymond E. Fowler, The Melchizedek Connection →ISBN, [books.google.co.uk/books?id=rVbXhvS6C1oC&pg=PA70#v=onepage&f=true page 70]: Do ya not be knowin' that there are 10 nonillion atoms within the likes of us? 2012 September 21, Cecil Adams, "The Straight Dope" (syndicated column): Making certain bold assumptions, my assistant Una determined that chilling the sun’s core to below 10 million degrees would require an ice cube 562,000 miles on a side. If you were planning on using standard-sized cubes from your kitchen freezer, you’d need about 45 nonillion of them. (dated, British & Australian, long scale) 1054. ==== Synonyms ==== (1030): a long scale quintillion (1054): a short scale septendecillion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === nonillion (plural nonillions) (hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number. 2002 CE: James C. Mayer, ‘Student-Led Poetry Workshops’ (which appears in ‘The English Journal’, volume 91, number 3, ‘Teaching and Writing Poetry’) ‘I then looked into the zatetic forest behind it / And saw a nonillion, no, a novemdecillion of them!’. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:zillion. ==== Translations ==== === See also === (short and long scale) Previous: octillion. Next: decillion. === References === == French == === Etymology === From non- (“nine”) +‎ -illion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔ.ni.ljɔ̃/ === Numeral === nonillion m (plural nonillions) septendecillion (1054) (dated) nonillion (1030)