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Translate billion from English to French

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billion:
- milliard
Wiktionary:
- billion → milliards, millions, billion, milliard
- billion → billion, milliard

English

Detailed Translations for billion from English to French

billion:

billion [the ~] nom

the billion
le milliard
- milliard [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for billion:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
milliard	billion
-	1000000000; 1000000000000; gazillion; jillion; million; one million million; one thousand million; trillion; zillion

Related Words for "billion":

billionth, billions

Synonyms for "billion":

cardinal
one million million; 1000000000000; large integer
million; trillion; zillion; jillion; large indefinite quantity; large indefinite amount
one thousand million; 1000000000

Related Definitions for "billion":

denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States¹
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain¹
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros¹
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen¹
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)¹

Wiktionary Translations for billion:

billion

noun

(plural) a very large number
- billion → milliards; millions
a million million; 1,000,000,000,000
- billion → billion
a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard
- billion → milliard; billion

billion

noun

mille millions (10⁹).
- milliard → billion

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• billion	→ billion	↔ Billion — 1.000.000.000.000 = 10¹² (Eselsbrücke: eine Million Millionen bzw. eine Million hoch zwei gleich „bi-“);
• billion	→ milliard	↔ Milliarde — tausend Millionen (1000 Millionen, 10⁹), die dritte Potenz von 1000: 1000 x 1000 x 1000

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