German

Numeral

Quintillion f (plural: Quintillionen)

1. A long scale quintillion, 10³⁰; a short scale nonillion.

Coordinate terms

English

Numeral

quintillion

1. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
   • 2014, BBC News Magazine Monitor, Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming, BBC:

     Last week, we used...the BBC News website's biggest number: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, that's 9.2 quintillion...[the maximum video viewer count on YouTube's] updated counter software.

2. (dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.

Synonyms

• 10¹⁸: a long scale trillion
• 10³⁰: a short scale nonillion

Translations

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion.
• (ISO prefix): exa- (short scale).

Noun

quintillion ‎(plural quintillions)

1. (figuratively, slang) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:zillion.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ kãn.ti'lion ]

Numeral

quintillion

1. 10³⁰; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion.

Usage notes

• Previous: quadrilliard, 10²⁷
• Next: quintilliard, 10³³