trillion

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: trĭl'yən, IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪljən/ Rhymes: -ɪljən (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪ(l)jən/ (colloquial) === Numeral === trillion (plural trillions) Either of two large amounts: (US, modern UK, Australia, short scale) A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012. Synonym: billion (long scale) (dated UK, Australia, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018. Synonym: quintillion (colloquial, hyperbolic) An unspecified very large number. Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: triliwn ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (short scale) Previous: billion. Next: quadrillion (long scale) Previous: billiard. Next: trilliard (SI prefix): tera- === Noun === trillion (plural trillions) (basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats. == French == === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ -illion, from million; i.e. a million million million. Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as trimillion. Rendered as tryllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁi.ljɔ̃/ === Numeral === trillion m (plural trillions) quintillion (1018) (dated) trillion (1012) ==== Related terms ==== billion, coined at same time ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: trilió === Further reading === “trillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Noun === trillion m (plural trillions) trillion, 1018 == Tatar == === Numeral === trillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион) trillion (1012) ==== Declension ====