Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squillion

/ˈskwɪljən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: squil-lion
IPA: /ˈskwɪljən/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very large, unspecified number (of).

Slang

Example Sentences

"The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion."
"You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing."
"It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen."
"I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself."

Etymology

See -illion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -illion

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

squillions (plural)

Derived Forms

squillionaire squillionth

Rhymes With

million billion brazilian trillion pavilion gillian jillian maximilian vermilion zillion gazillion castilian

Questions

How do you pronounce squillion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskwɪljən/.
What does squillion mean?: A very large, unspecified number (of).
Where does squillion come from?: See -illion.

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