Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multi-billion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti---bil-lion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range.

adj

more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English billion English multi-billion From multi- + billion.

Usage

Questions

What does multi-billion mean?
Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range.
Where does multi-billion come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English billion English multi-billion From multi- + billion.

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