milione

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Italian

Italian numbers (edit)
10,000,000 (107)[a], [b]
 ←  1,000  ←  100,000 1,000,000 (106) 2,000,000 (2 × 106)  → [a], [b] 10,000,000 (107)  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: un milione, unmilione
    Ordinal: milionesimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1.000.000º

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mille +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈljo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: mi‧lió‧ne
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Numeral

milione m (plural milioni)

  1. million

Usage notes

  • One million is normally written un milione, rarely unmilione.
  • Multiples are very often written as two words, e.g. due milioni (two million).

Descendants

Many of these descendants may not be directly borrowed from Italian, rather via other languages, especially French.

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