milliard

英 ['mɪlɪɑːd] 美 ['mɪljɑrd]
  • n. (英)十亿

英文词源


milliard (n.)
"one thousand million," 1793, from French milliard (16c.), from million (see million) with change of suffix. A word made necessary by the double meaning of billion.

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