quadrillion
See also: Quadrillion
English
Etymology
From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) + -illion.
Pronunciation
- (US, General Australian, General New Zealand, Scotland) IPA(key): /kwɒˈdɹɪɫjən/
- (UK, Ireland, General South African) IPA(key): /kwɒˈdɹɪljən/, /kwɒˈdʒɹɪljən/ (the latter may be non-standard)
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
Numeral
quadrillion
- (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion: 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
- (dated, Britain, Australia, long scale) A million trillion: 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.
Synonyms
- (1015): a long scale billiard
- (1024): a short scale septillion
Translations
a thousand trillion, 1015
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a million trillion, 1024
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See also
- (1015): peta-
- (1024): yotta-
- (1015): Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
- (1024): Previous: trilliard. Next: quintillion.
Noun
quadrillion (plural quadrillions)
- (figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
- They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
- Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
- The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
- She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
Synonyms
- (any very large number): bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, infillion, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.dʁi.ljɔ̃/
Usage notes
- Previous: trilliard, 1021
- Next: quadrilliard, 1027
Further reading
- “quadrillion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
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