Milliard

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/
• US IPA: /ˈmɪliɑɹd/

Origin

From French milliard.

Full definition of milliard

Numeral

1. (cardinal, now rare) 10⁹, a thousand times a million. (Now generally replaced by billion.) from 18th c.
• 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 155:For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget ....

Derived terms

• milliardth

Synonyms

• a Long and short scales billion