milliard
(noun) a billion; “in England they call one thousand million a milliard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
milliard (plural milliards)
(now rare) 109, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.) [from 18th c.]
• a short scale billion
Source: Wiktionary
Mil`liard", n. Etym: [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.]
Definition: A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
