Information about the word billion (English → Esperanto: miliardo)

Synonyms: milliard, thousand million

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/ˈbɪljən/
Hyphenationbillion
Shavian alphabet𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑘𐑩𐑯
Pluralbillions

Usage samples

This sets the most likely age of Kapteyn’s Star and its planets at 11.5 billion years, which is 2.5 times older than Earth and “only” 2 billion years younger than the universe itself (which has been measured to be 13.7 billion years old).

Translations

Afrikaansmiljard
Catalanmil milions
Danishmilliard
Dutchmiljard
Esperantomiliardo
Faeroesemilliard
Frenchmilliard
GermanMilliarde
Italianmiliardo
Jamaican Patoisbilian
Low Germanmiljard
LuxemburgishMilliard
Malaybilion
Polishmialiard
Portuguesemilhar de milhões
Scotsbillion
Spanishmil miliones
Swedishmiljard
Thaiพันล้าน
Turkishmilyar
West Frisianmiljard