trillion

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 10¹².
2. Chiefly British. The cardinal number equal to 10¹⁸.

[French : tri-, third power (from Latin tri-, tri-) + (m)illion, million (from Old French milion; see million).]

trillion tril'lion adj.

One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time.

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noun

An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream. Informal bushel, gob¹ (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

Trillion

Dansk (Danish)
num. - UK; trillion, US; billion
n. - UK; trillion, US; billion

Nederlands (Dutch)
triljoen, biljoen, talloos

Français (French)
n. - (GB) trillion, (US) billion
adj. - (GB) trillion, (US) billion

Deutsch (German)
num. - Billion, (USA) Trillion, (GB) Billion
n. - Trillionstel

Ελληνική (Greek)
num. - τρισεκατομμύριο

Italiano (Italian)
trilione

Português (Portuguese)
num. - trilhão, trilião

Русский (Russian)
триллион

Español (Spanish)
n. - (Brit) trillón, (US) billón
adj. - (Brit) trillón, (US) billón

Svenska (Swedish)
num. - triljon, biljon (isht. am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
万亿, 百万兆, 一百万的三次幂, 无数, 一千的四次幂, 兆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 萬億
n. - 百萬兆, 一百萬的三次冪, 無數, 萬億, 一千的四次冪, 兆

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 100경(100만의 3제곱)
n. - 100경(100만의 3제곱), 1조(100만의 제곱)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一兆

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(عدد) التريليون رقم مؤلف من 12 صفرا في أميركا وفرنسا و 18 في بريطانيا وألمانيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טריליון, מיליון מיליונים (ארה"ב), מיליארד מיליונים (אירופה)‬

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Semi-mount Ring Trillion