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mil·lion

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n] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -lions, (as after a numeral

) -lion, adjective

–noun

1.	a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.

2.	a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M̅.

3.	millions, a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: His fortune was in the millions of dollars.

4.	the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as pounds, dollars, or francs: The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.

5.	a very great number of times: Thanks a million.

6.	the million or the millions, the mass of the common people; the multitude: poetry for the millions.

–adjective

7.	amounting to one million in number.

8.	amounting to a very great number: a million things to do.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME milioun < MF < early It millione, equiv. to mille thousand (< L) + -one aug. suffix

]

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mil·lion Audio Help (mĭl'yən) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. million or mil·lions

The cardinal number equal to 10⁶.
A million monetary units, such as dollars: made a million in the stock market.
An indefinitely large number. Often used in the plural: millions of bicycles on the road.
The common people; the masses. Often used in the plural: entertainment for the millions.

[Middle English, from Old French milion, probably from Old Italian milione, augmentative of mille, thousand, from Latin mīlle; see gheslo- in Indo-European roots.]

mil'lion adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
million

1362, from O.Fr. million (c.1270), from It. millione (now milione), lit. "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from L. mille. Used mainly by mathematicians until 16c. India, with its love of large numbers, had names before 3c. for numbers well beyond a billion. The ancient Greeks had no name for a number greater than ten thousand, the Romans for none higher than a hundred thousand. "A million" in L. would have been decies centena milia, lit. "ten hundred thousand." Millionaire first attested 1826, borrowed from Fr. millionnaire (1762). The first in America is said to have been John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Million to one as a type of "long odds" is attested from 1761.

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million
adjective
1.	(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
noun
1.	the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
2.	a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
million1 [ˈmiljən] — plurals ˈmillion (1, ~2), ˈmillions (2, ~3)

— noun (preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) the number 1,000,000
Example: a million; one million; five million

Arabic:	مِلْيون
Chinese (Simplified):	百万（数目）
Chinese (Traditional):	百萬(數目)
Czech:	milión
Danish:	million
Dutch:	miljoen
Estonian:	miljon
Finnish:	miljoona
French:	million
German:	die Million
Greek:	εκατομμύριο
Icelandic:	miljón
Indonesian:	satu juta

Italian:	milione
Japanese:	100万
Latvian:	miljons
Lithuanian:	milijonas
Norwegian:	million
Polish:	milion
Portuguese (Portugal):	milhão
Russian:	миллион
Slovak:	milión
Slovenian:	milijon
Spanish:	millón
Swedish:	miljon
Turkish:	milyon

million2 [ˈmiljən]

the figure 1,000,000

Arabic:	1,000,000 الرَّقْم
Chinese (Simplified):	百万（数字）
Chinese (Traditional):	百萬(數字)
Czech:	jeden milión
Danish:	én million
Dutch:	miljoen
Estonian:	miljon
Finnish:	miljoona
French:	un million
German:	die Million
Greek:	ένα εκατομμύριο
Icelandic:	miljón
Indonesian:	1.000.000

Italian:	milione
Japanese:	1,000,000
Latvian:	miljons
Lithuanian:	milijonas
Norwegian:	million
Polish:	milion
Portuguese (Portugal):	milhão
Russian:	миллион
Slovak:	jeden milión
Slovenian:	milijon
Spanish:	millón
Swedish:	en miljon
Turkish:	1.000.000 sayısı

million3 [ˈmiljən]

a million pounds or dollars
Example: Her fortune amounts to several million(s).

Arabic:	مليون جنيه أو دولار
Chinese (Simplified):	百万元（钱）
Chinese (Traditional):	百萬元(錢)
Czech:	milión
Danish:	million
Dutch:	miljoen
Estonian:	miljon
Finnish:	miljoona
French:	million
German:	die Million
Greek:	εκατομμύριο λίρες ή δολάρια
Icelandic:	miljón
Indonesian:	uang sejuta

Italian:	milione
Japanese:	100万ポンド
Latvian:	miljons
Lithuanian:	milijonas (svarų, *dolerių)
Norwegian:	million
Polish:	milion
Portuguese (Portugal):	milhão
Russian:	долларов
Slovak:	milión
Slovenian:	milijon
Spanish:	millón
Swedish:	en miljon
Turkish:	milyon sterlin, *dolar

million [ˈmiljən] adjective

(preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) 1,000,000 in number
Example: six million people

Arabic:	عَدَدُه مليون
Chinese (Simplified):	百万的
Chinese (Traditional):	百萬的
Czech:	milión
Danish:	million
Dutch:	miljoen
Estonian:	miljon
Finnish:	miljoona
French:	million
German:	millionen
Greek:	εκατομμύριο
Hungarian:	millió
Icelandic:	miljón
Indonesian:	jumlah sejuta
Italian:	milione

Japanese:	100万の
Korean:	100 만의
Latvian:	miljons-; miljonu-
Lithuanian:	milijonas, milijoninis
Norwegian:	million
Polish:	milion
Portuguese (Brazil):	milhão
Portuguese (Portugal):	milhão
Romanian:	milion
Russian:	миллионный
Slovak:	milión
Slovenian:	milijonski
Spanish:	millón
Swedish:	miljon
Turkish:	… milyon

ˈmillion-

having a million (of something)
Example: a million-pound banknote

Arabic:	بِقيمَة المليون
Chinese (Simplified):	百万的
Chinese (Traditional):	百萬的
Czech:	miliónový
Danish:	million-
Estonian:	miljoni-
Finnish:	miljoonan
French:	d'un million de
German:	Millionen-…
Greek:	(ενός) εκατομμυρίου
Hungarian:	millió-
Icelandic:	miljón-
Italian:	da un milione di*
Japanese:	100万－

Latvian:	miljona-; miljonu-
Lithuanian:	milijono
Norwegian:	million-
Polish:	milionowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	de um milhão
Portuguese (Portugal):	de um milhão
Romanian:	de un milion de
Russian:	миллион чего-л.
Slovak:	miliónový
Slovenian:	za milijon
Spanish:	de un millón
Swedish:	miljon-
Turkish:	…milyonluk

See also: millionth, millionaire

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Million

Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

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