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English
Etymology
From oct- (“eight”) + -illion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒkˈtɪl.iː.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪljən
- Hyphenation: oct‧il‧li‧on, oc‧til‧li‧on
Numeral
octillion (plural octillions)
- (US, modern British and Australia, short scale) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 1027.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), pages 5–6:Altogether it takes seven billion billion billion (that’s 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or seven octillion) atoms to make you.
- (dated British and Australia, long scale) A trillion quintillion: 1 followed by 48 zeros, 1048.
Synonyms
Translations
a thousand trillion trillion, 1027
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French
Etymology
From oct- (“eight”) + -illion.
Pronunciation
Numeral
octillion m (plural octillions)
- quindecillion (1048)
- (dated) octillion (1027)
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