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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quin•til•lion /kwɪnˈtɪlyən/USA pronunciation n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adj. n. [countable] - Mathematicsa number written in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros.
adj. [after a number and before a noun] - Mathematicsamounting to one quintillion in number.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quin•til•lion (kwin til′yən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lions, (as after a numeral) -lion, adj. n. - a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros.
adj. - amounting to one quintillion in number.
- Latin quīnt(us) fifth + -illion (as in million)
- 1665–75
quin•til′lionth, n., adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quintillion /kwɪnˈtɪljən/ n ( pl -lions, -lion)- (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 30 zeros (1030)
US and Canadian word: nonillion - (in the US and Canada) the number represented as one followed by 18 zeros (1018)
Former Brit word: trillion Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin quintus fifth + -illion, as in millionquinˈtillionth adj |