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trillion

  • numeral
  • trĭl'yən

Either of two large amounts

Other meanings

  1. A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.

  2. A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

Related words

  • megatrillion
  • multitrillion
  • trillionaire
  • trillionfold
  • trillionth

Word history

From French "trillion".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “trillion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.