"-illion" meaning in English

See -illion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|million}} Back-formation from million, {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -illion, {{en-suffix}} -illion
  1. Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million. Tags: morpheme Translations (suffix forming names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1,000,000): -իլիոն (-ilion) (Armenian), -iliono (Esperanto), -illion (French)
    Sense id: en--illion-en-suffix-wn8a0fqY Disambiguation of 'suffix forming names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1,000,000': 83 17
  2. Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--illion-en-suffix-ejl2CUC8 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -illiard
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