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Webster 1913 Edition


Million

Mil′lion

(mĭl′yŭn)
,
Noun.
[F., from LL.
millio
, fr. L.
mille
a thousand. See
Mile
.]
1.
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, – written 1,000,000. See the Note under
Hundred
.
2.
A very great number; an indefinitely large number.
Millions
of truths that a man is not concerned to know.
Locke.
3.
The mass of common people; – with the article the.
For the play, I remember, pleased not the
million
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Million

MILLION

,
Noun.
mil'yun. [L. mille, a thousand.]
1.
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand. It is used as a noun or an adjective; as a million of men, or a million men. As a noun, it has a regular plural, millions.
2.
In common usage, a very great number, indefinitely.
There are millions of truths that men are not concerned to know.

Definition 2024


Million

Million

See also: million

German

Noun

Million f (genitive Million, plural Millionen)

  1. A million, 106.

Coordinate terms

million

million

See also: Million

English

Numeral

million (plural millions)

  1. (long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106.

See also

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French million.

Numeral

million

  1. million

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

French

Etymology

From Middle French million, from Italian milione.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ljɔ̃/

Numeral

million

  1. million, 106.

Usage notes

Derived terms


Interlingua

Noun

million (plural milliones)

  1. million

Numeral

un million

  1. a million, one million

Middle French

Noun

million m (plural millions)

  1. (cardinal) million, 106.

Descendants


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian milione

Numeral

million

  1. A million, 106.

Noun

million m (definite singular millionen, indefinite plural millioner, definite plural millionene)

  1. a million

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian milione

Numeral

million

  1. a million, 106.

Noun

million m (definite singular millionen, indefinite plural millionar, definite plural millionane)

  1. a million

References


Swedish

Noun

million c

  1. Obsolete spelling of miljon

Declension

Inflection of million 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative million millionen millioner millionerna
Genitive millions millionens millioners millionernas

Tatar

Numeral

million (Cyrillic spelling миллион)

  1. (cardinal) million