Dictionary

quadrillion

Pronunciation

(America) IPA: /kwɑˈdɹɪli.ən/, /kwɑˈdɹɪljən/
(AU, Scotland) IPA: /kwɔˈdɹɪljən/
(New Zealand) IPA: /kwɔˈdɹɘljɘn/
(British, Ireland, South Africa) IPA: /kwɒˈdɹɪljən/, /kwɒˈdʒɹɪljən/ (the latter may be non-standard)

Numeral

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4 ↗): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2 ↗): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.

Synonyms

(10¹⁵) a long scale billiard
(10²⁴) a short scale septillion

Translations

French: billiard, million de milliards
German: Billiarde
Portuguese: quatrilhão, quatrilião, quadrilhão
Russian: квадриллио́н

Translations

French: quadrillion
German: Quadrillion
Portuguese: quatrilhão
Russian: септиллио́н

Noun

quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

(figuratively, slang, hyperbole) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
- 1999 Beverly Lewis, A Perfect Match, Bethany House Publishers, p23
  They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
- 2000 J. D. Maples, Trojan Steers, Lomaland Books Inc, p58
  Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
- 2004 Arthur Kopecky, New Buffalo: journals from a Taos commune, UNM Press, p143
  The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
- 2006 Evelyn Caro, The Flickering Attic Window, Trafford Publishing, p8
  She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.

Synonyms

(any very large number) bajillion, bazillion, billion, dillion, fantillion, gadzillion, gagillion, gajillion, gazillion, godzillion, googillion, grillion, hojillion, hundred and one, infillion, jillion, kabillion, kajillion, katrillion, killion, kazillion, million, million and one, quintillion, robillion, skillion, squidillion, squillion, thousand and one, trillion, umptillion, zillion

Translations

French: milliard, milliards, million, millions

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