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Sensbillion (a thousand million)

Espagnol

mil millones

/mil miˈʝones/

autre source · Spanish mil 'thousand' + millones 'millions'

Billón is a million million (10¹²) — a classic trap.

Français

milliard

/miljaʁ/

masc.autre source · French, from million

Un billion is a million million (10¹²).

Italien

miliardo

/miˈljardo/

masc.autre source · French milliard

Portugais

bilhão

/biˈʎɐ̃w/

masc.autre source · French billion

In Portugal a bilião is a million million (10¹²) and 10⁹ is mil milhões.

Roumain

miliard

/miliˈard/

neutreautre source · French milliard

Bilion is a million million (10¹²).

Catalan

mil milions

/mil miliˈons/

autre source · Catalan mil 'thousand' + milions 'millions'

Bilió is a million million (10¹²).

Anglais

billion

/ˈbɪljən/

autre source · French billion (bi- + million)

Anglais → Italienbillion (a thousand million)miliardoSans lienSources différentes — celui-ci s’apprend de zéro.Ce que partagent le anglais et le italien

L’histoire

English billion means 10⁹, but its look-alikes billón, billion and bilione mean 10¹². Say mil millones, milliard, miliardo.