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trillion

/tʁi.ljɔ̃/

number/tʁi.ljɔ̃/

quintillion (10¹⁸); trillion (10¹²)

From tri- (“three”) + -illion, from million; i.e. a million million million. Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as trimillion. Rendered as tryllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.