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==English==

===Etymology===
{{back-form|en|million}}, then used in {{m|en|billion}}, {{m|en|trillion}}, {{m|en|quadrillion}}, each from {{der|en|fr|-}}, ultimately from Italian {{m|it|mille||thousand}} and the augmentative suffix {{m|it|-one}}. {{m|fr|-illion}} was segmented from ''million'' as if ''mi-'' was a prefix, and ''-illion'' the stem.

===Suffix===
{{en-suffix}}

# {{n-g|Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of [[power]]s of a million.}}
#: {{afex|en|bi-|billion}}
#: {{afex|en|tri-|trillion}}
# {{n-g|Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.}}
#: {{usex|en|[[bajillion|baj'''illion''']], [[gazillion|gaz'''illion''']]}}

====Usage notes====
* The words formed with this suffix may mean either <math>1,000,000^n</math> or <math>1000^{n + 1}</math> in different nations and languages. Hence {{m|en|billion}} can mean “one million million” or “one thousand million”. See {{pedia|Long and short scales}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|en|-illion}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|-illiard}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|suffix forming names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1,000,000}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|-իլիոն}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|-iliono}}
* French: {{t+|fr|-illion}}
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====See also====
* {{pedia|Indefinite and fictitious numbers}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{back-form|fr|million}}, ultimately from Italian {{m|it|mille||thousand}} and the augmentative suffix {{m|it|-one}}. {{m|fr|-illion}} was segmented from ''million'' as if ''mi-'' was a prefix, and ''-illion'' the stem.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|[ll:l]}}

===Suffix===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|-illion}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|fr|-illion}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|-illiard}}