million

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.jən/

The English word “million” has 2 meanings listed here.

numeral

The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
An unspecified very large number.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “million” there

More English words

millioctave
millioersted
milliohm
milliohmmeter
million and one
million city
million million
million-dollar

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.