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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-illion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
-il-lion
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million.

suffix

Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English milioun English millionbf. English -illion Back-formation from million, then used in billion, trillion, quadrillion, each from French, ultimately from Italian mille (“thousand”) and the augmentative suffix -one. -illion was segmented from million as if mi- was a prefix, and -illion the stem.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

-illiard

Frequently Paired Words

-illiard

Questions

What does -illion mean?
Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million.
Where does -illion come from?
It is traced to French.

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