million

mil-lion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The number equivalent to 1,000,000 (one thousand thousands).

  2. 2.

    (informal) A very large number or amount.

  3. 3.

    (plural: millions) Very many people or things.

  4. 4.

    Amounting to one million.

Forms

plural: millions

Related words

See also: billion, number, thousand

Etymology

From Old French "milion," from Italian "milione," an augmentative of "mille" (thousand), from Latin "mille." The word literally means "a great thousand."