Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonagintillion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nonag-in-til-lion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

10²⁷³.

Example Sentences

"Turning to Latin again, we are now able to construct the extended table of names for each tenth unit: […] [Zeroes:] 273 [Number:] nonagintillion"
"But one can have, after the vigintillion, a trigintillion, a quadragintillion, a quinquagintillion, a sexagintillion, a septuagintillion, an octogintillion, a nonagintillion, and a centillion."
""Upon." This upon. Upon a time. How upon? A time, especially a time? How can anyone be upon a time? Why not within? Without? Inside? Out? Under, over, in front of, back of, beside, above, beyond? "Twice beneath a time." "Thrice beyond a time." "One hundred thousand three hundred and forty-six nonagintillion duocentillion sextendecillion^([sic]) times without…" …a time? Why not space? Space-time time-space space-time times time-space?"
"Also, apparently any number larger than 249 quadrillion nonagintillion is equal to infinity"
"Confused by the nonagintillion different types of currencies in Neverwinter? Don't fret: This guide has you covered. Learn about the basics of [how] Neverwinter's many tokens, gems, and gold interact."
"Our results show that the odds of this difference being random is ONE out of 10 TO THE POWER OF 274. That is, one chance out of a nonagintillion!!"

Etymology

From Latin nōnāgintā + -illion. Coined by author and logologist Dmitri Borgmann in his 1965 book Language on Vacation (see the quotation). Different forms (such as ninogintillion and novengentillion) were coined earlier by various authors.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:nōnāgintā

Questions

What does nonagintillion mean?: 10²⁷³.
Where does nonagintillion come from?: From Latin nōnāgintā + -illion. Coined by author and logologist Dmitri Borgmann in his 1965 book Language on Vacation (see the quotation). Different forms (such as ninogintillion and novengentillion) were coined earlier by various authors.

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