billion

bijɔ̃

Definition

Definition of billion - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

grands nombres

TECH.

mille milliards, soit 1 000 000 000 000

TECH.

La dette a dépassé un billion d’euros selon ce calcul.

numération

Dated

CAN

un milliard, selon l’échelle courte aujourd’hui très rare

Dated

CAN

Dans certains textes, « billion » désigne 1 000 000 000.

giga

milliard

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Origin of billion

italien, billione (grand nombre) (de) mille (mille)

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échelle courte

mathématiques

système de noms pour les grands nombres où billion vaut mille millions

billionième

adj.

rang ordinal

qui occupe le rang numéro billion dans une série

billionième

adj.

fraction

qui représente une partie sur un billion

billionième

fraction

partie obtenue en divisant un tout en un billion de parts

billionième

position

élément qui occupe le rang d'un billion dans un ordre

Examples of billion in a sentence

Ce modèle nécessiterait un billion d’opérations pour converger correctement.
Il a écrit « billion » en pensant à un milliard, pas à mille milliards.
Ce dictionnaire note que « billion » valait un milliard en échelle courte.

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English:trillion, billion, ...
German:Billion, Milliarde, ...
Italian:mille miliardi, miliardo, ...
Spanish:billón, mil millones, ...
Portuguese:bilião, mil milhões, ...
Chinese:兆, 十亿, ...
Japanese:1兆, 10億, ...
Arabic:تِرِلْيُون, مِليار, ...
Hebrew:טְרִילְיוֹן, מִילְיַארְד, ...
Russian:триллион, миллиард, ...
Ukrainian:трильйон, мільярд, ...
Catalan:bilió, mil milions, ...
Danish:billion, milliard, ...
Dutch:biljoen, miljard, ...
Greek:τρισεκατομμύριο, δισεκατομμύριο, ...
Khmer:មួយទ្រីលាន, មួយពាន់លាន, ...
Korean:1조, 10억, ...
Polish:bilion, miliard, ...
Portuguese (BR):trilhão, bilhão, ...
Romanian:bilion, miliard, ...
Swedish:biljon, miljard, ...
Thai:ล้านล้าน, พันล้าน, ...
Turkish:trilyon, milyar, ...
Vietnamese:một nghìn tỷ, một tỉ, ...

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Definition of billion - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Origin of billion

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Terms with billion included in their meaning

Examples of billion in a sentence

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