squillion
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Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
- (Années 1970)
Nom commun [modifier le wikicode]
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| squillion \ˈskwɪ.ljən\ |
squillions \ˈskwɪ.ljənz\ |
squillion \ˈskwɪ.ljən\
- (Familier) Un très grand nombre, de magnitude indéfinie.
- Based on decades of medical research and larded with "squillions of cross-references," these books have made her [Adelle Davis] a folk heroine whom even doctors, whose advice she often contradicts, have come to respect. — (Jane Howard, Earth Mother to the Foodists, Life Magazine, 22 octobre 1971)
- The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion. — (Fynn [pseudonyme de Sydney George Hopkins], Mister God, This is Anna, Ballantine Books, 2000 (1re édition 1974), ISBN 0345441559, pages 102–103)
- You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing. — (Terry Pratchett, Eric, 1990, page 138)
- It’ll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen. — (Xaonon, Re: Entropy, forum Google Groups talk.origins, 7 mai 2004)
Synonymes[modifier le wikicode]
- armadillion (Extrêmement rare)
- bajillion (Moins courant)
- bazillion
- dillion (Rare)
- gadzillion (Moins courant)
- gagillion
- gajillion
- gazillion
- godzillion (Moins courant)
- googillion (Rare)
- grillion (Moins courant)
- hojillion (Rare)
- infillion (Extrêmement rare)
- jillion (Moins courant)
- kabillion (Moins courant)
- kajillion (Moins courant)
- katrillion (Rare)
- kazillion (Moins courant)
- killion (Moins courant)
- robillion (Rare)
- skillion (Moins courant)
- umptillion (Moins courant)
- wazillion (Extrêmement rare)
- zillion
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