zillion

(zĭl'yən)
n. Informal
An indeterminately huge number.

[On the model of MILLION, BILLION, etc.]

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noun

An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. 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. See big/small/amount.

IN BRIEF: n. - A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).

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noun
noun, mainly US

A very large but indefinite number. Cf. squillion noun. (1944 —) .
Sunday Telegraph Broken Hill Proprietary...is Australia's biggest company and a zillion times bigger than his own (1983). Hence zillionth, adjective and noun (1972 —) .

[From z (representing the last in a long sequence) + m)illion noun.]

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Dansk (Danish)
num. - stor mængde
n. - fantasillion

Nederlands (Dutch)
een onbepaald groot aantal

Français (French)
n. - (US) des millions, des tas
adj. - des millions

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) unendlich große Zahl
adj. - unendlich viel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - αναρίθμητα εκατομμύρια

Italiano (Italian)
infinitý

Português (Portuguese)
n. - número muito grande (m) (informal)
adj. - relativo a um número grande

Русский (Russian)
огромное количество, несметное богатство

Español (Spanish)
n. - número astronómico, cantidad o número desorbitante
adj. - relativo a una cantidad desorbitante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - miljoner och åter miljoner, enorm mängd (am. sl.)
adj. - miljoner och åter miljoner (am. sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无限大的数目, 庞大的数字, 天文数字

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 無限大的數目
n. - 龐大的數字, 天文數字

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 몇 조억
n. - 무수, 헤아릴 수 없이 많은 수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 厖大な数
adj. - 無数の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عدد يفوق الحصر (صفه) رقم هائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מספר עצום, מספר אינסופי‬

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