milione

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Italian

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Italian numbers (edit)
10,000,000 (107)[a], [b]
 ←  1,000  ←  100,000 1,000,000 (106) 2,000,000 (2 × 106)  → [a], [b] 10,000,000 (107)  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: un milione, unmilione
    Ordinal: milionesimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1.000.000º

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From mille +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miˈljo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: mi‧lió‧ne
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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milione m (plural milioni)

  1. million

Usage notes

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  • One million is normally written un milione, rarely unmilione.
  • Multiples are very often written as two words, e.g. due milioni (two million).
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Descendants

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Many of these descendants may not be directly borrowed from Italian, rather via other languages, especially French.

Anagrams

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