el
masculine
/miˈʎon/
#431 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
million
Word origin
From Italian milione, an augmentative of mille ('thousand'), itself from Latin mille. The same root gives English million.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- milione
- English cognates
- million
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmillones
Examples
.
The city has more than a million people.
.
He won a million with a single ticket.
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I have told you a million times no.
copias .
More than two million copies of the book were sold.
Soñaba .
He dreamed of having a million dollars one day.
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