"sextillion" meaning in English

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Numeral

IPA: /sɛksˈtɪljən/ Forms: sextillions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪljən Etymology: From sext- (“six”) + -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sext-|-illion|gloss1=six}} sext- (“six”) + -illion Head templates: {{head|en|numeral|plural|sextillions}} sextillion (plural sextillions)
  1. (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹. Tags: Australia, Britain, US Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers Synonyms (a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard)): 1021 Translations (a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard): հազար եռիլիոն (hazar eṙilion) (Armenian), triljard (Dutch), triiliardo (Esperanto), triljardi (Finnish), trilliard (French), Trilliarde (German), trilliárd (Hungarian), triliardo (Italian), 十垓 (jū-gai) (Japanese), 십해 (siphae) (Korean), sekstilion (Malay), ധൂളി (dhūḷi) [archaic] (Malayalam), tryliard [masculine] (Polish), sextilhão (Portuguese), секстиллио́н (sekstillión) [masculine] (Russian), mil trillones (Spanish), sekstilyon (Turkish), çokay (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sextillion-en-num-ZWovQLyy Disambiguation of English cardinal numbers: 51 49 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with sext-, English terms suffixed with -illion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sext-: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -illion: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard)': 60 40 Disambiguation of 'a trillion billion, 1021 — see also trilliard': 76 24
  2. (dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶. Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers Synonyms (a short scale undecillion): 1036 Translations (a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion): sextiljoen (Dutch), sesiliono (Esperanto), sekstiljoona (Finnish), frantic (French), sextillion (French), Sextillion (German), 一澗 (ikkan) (Japanese), sextillón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sextillion-en-num-cttLZBhm Disambiguation of English cardinal numbers: 51 49 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -illion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -illion: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'a short scale undecillion': 32 68 Disambiguation of 'a million quintillion, 1036 — see also undecillion': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zetta- Related terms (short and long scale): Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.
Disambiguation of 'short and long scale': 50 50

Inflected forms

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