Million in Different Languages
Discover 'Million' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Million
Afrikaans miljoen | ||
Albanian milion | ||
Amharic ሚሊዮን | ||
Arabic مليون | ||
Armenian միլիոն | ||
Assamese নিযুত | ||
Aymara waranqa waranqa | ||
Azerbaijani milyon | ||
Bambara miliyɔn | ||
Basque milioi | ||
Belarusian мільёнаў | ||
Bengali মিলিয়ন | ||
Bhojpuri दस लाख | ||
Bosnian milion | ||
Bulgarian милиона | ||
Catalan milions | ||
Cebuano milyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 百万 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 百萬 | ||
Corsican milioni | ||
Croatian milijuna | ||
Czech milión | ||
Danish million | ||
Dhivehi މިލިއަން | ||
Dogri मिलियन | ||
Dutch miljoen | ||
English million | ||
Esperanto milionoj | ||
Estonian miljonit | ||
Ewe akpeakpe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) milyon | ||
Finnish miljoonaa | ||
French million | ||
Frisian miljoen | ||
Galician millóns | ||
Georgian მილიონი | ||
German million | ||
Greek εκατομμύριο | ||
Guarani sua | ||
Gujarati મિલિયન | ||
Haitian Creole milyon | ||
Hausa miliyan | ||
Hawaiian miliona | ||
Hebrew מִילִיוֹן | ||
Hindi दस लाख | ||
Hmong lab | ||
Hungarian millió | ||
Icelandic milljón | ||
Igbo nde | ||
Ilocano milyon | ||
Indonesian juta | ||
Irish milliún | ||
Italian milioni | ||
Japanese 百万 | ||
Javanese yuta | ||
Kannada ದಶಲಕ್ಷ | ||
Kazakh миллион | ||
Khmer លាន | ||
Kinyarwanda miliyoni | ||
Konkani मिलियन | ||
Korean 백만 | ||
Krio milyɔn | ||
Kurdish mêlûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ملیۆن | ||
Kyrgyz миллион | ||
Lao ລ້ານ | ||
Latin decies centena | ||
Latvian miljons | ||
Lingala milio | ||
Lithuanian mln | ||
Luganda akakadde | ||
Luxembourgish milliounen | ||
Macedonian милиони | ||
Maithili दस लाख | ||
Malagasy tapitrisa | ||
Malay juta | ||
Malayalam ദശലക്ഷം | ||
Maltese miljun | ||
Maori miriona | ||
Marathi दशलक्ष | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯥꯈ ꯇꯔꯥ | ||
Mizo maktaduai | ||
Mongolian сая | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သန်း | ||
Nepali मिलियन | ||
Norwegian million | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) miliyoni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲକ୍ଷ | ||
Oromo miliyoona | ||
Pashto ملیون | ||
Persian میلیون | ||
Polish milion | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) milhão | ||
Punjabi ਮਿਲੀਅਨ | ||
Quechua hunu | ||
Romanian milion | ||
Russian миллион | ||
Samoan miliona | ||
Sanskrit प्रयुतहर्ट्स् | ||
Scots Gaelic millean | ||
Sepedi milione | ||
Serbian милион | ||
Sesotho milione | ||
Shona miriyoni | ||
Sindhi ملي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිලියන | ||
Slovak milión | ||
Slovenian milijonov | ||
Somali milyan | ||
Spanish millón | ||
Sundanese juta | ||
Swahili milioni | ||
Swedish miljon | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) milyon | ||
Tajik миллион | ||
Tamil மில்லியன் | ||
Tatar миллион | ||
Telugu మిలియన్ | ||
Thai ล้าน | ||
Tigrinya ሚልዮን | ||
Tsonga miliyoni | ||
Turkish milyon | ||
Turkmen million | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔpepe | ||
Ukrainian мільйонів | ||
Urdu دس لاکھ | ||
Uyghur مىليون | ||
Uzbek million | ||
Vietnamese triệu | ||
Welsh miliwn | ||
Xhosa yezigidi | ||
Yiddish מיליאָן | ||
Yoruba million | ||
Zulu isigidi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "miljoen" is derived from the Dutch word "miljoen", which in turn is derived from the French word "million", which is derived from the Italian word "millione", which is derived from the Latin word "mille", meaning "thousand". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "milion" comes from the Latin word "mille", meaning "thousand". |
| Amharic | The word 'ሚሊዮን' can also refer to a large number in general. |
| Arabic | The word "مليون" (million) comes from the Arabic word "ألف" (thousand), meaning "a thousand thousand". |
| Armenian | The alternate meaning of the word "միլիոն" in Armenian is "a large number, an incredible number." |
| Azerbaijani | "Milyon" comes from the Italian word "milione", which itself comes from the Latin word "mille" (thousand) |
| Basque | The word "milioi" originates from the Basque words "mila" (thousand) and "bi" (two), meaning "two thousand, |
| Belarusian | "Міл'ёнаў" is a plural form of "мі'льён", the Belarusian word for "million", and is used to refer to quantities of one million or more. |
| Bengali | The word 'মিলিয়ন' (million) comes from the Latin word 'mille', which means 'thousand' |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "milion" can also refer to a flower from the Asteraceae family known as "sweet sultan". |
| Bulgarian | The etymology of the Bulgarian word "милиона" is from the Greek word "μύριοι" (myrioi) meaning "ten thousand". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "milions" has a second, humorous meaning: "a lot, a huge amount". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "milyon" is derived from the Spanish word "millón", which is itself derived from the Latin word "mille", meaning "thousand". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 百万 means "ten thousand ten thousand" in Chinese, implying a large and indefinite number. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 百萬 is composed of the character 百 (hundred) and 萬 (ten thousand), suggesting its value as ten thousand hundreds. |
| Corsican | Corsican "milioni" shares the same Indo-European root as the Latin "mille" (thousand). |
| Croatian | The word "milijuna" in Croatian derives from the Latin "mille" and originally meant "1,000". |
| Czech | In Czech, "milión" not only means "a million" but also figuratively refers to an "immense" quantity of anything. |
| Danish | In Danish, "million" can also mean "a huge amount" or "a great deal of something". |
| Dutch | The word "miljoen" originally meant "magnificent" or "thousand" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The word milionoj is derived from the Esperanto word "milo" (thousand) and the affix "-j" which indicates plurality, and can also be seen as a reference to the Italian "milione" |
| Estonian | "Miljonit" is a loanword from French "million" (ultimately from Latin "mille", meaning "thousand"). It also refers to a rich person or "big shot" in Estonian slang. |
| Finnish | The word 'miljoonaa' in Finnish literally translates to 'a thousand thousand'. |
| French | In French, "million" can also mean "a large number" or "a great deal". |
| Frisian | The word “miljoen” in Frisian is thought to derive from the French word for “millstone” (“meule”), as it was originally used to describe the large number of millstones required to grind a large quantity of grain. |
| Galician | In Galician, "millóns" can also refer to a large amount of money, a large number of people, or a large amount of something. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მილიონი" is derived from the Persian "میلیون" (meyliyun), which in turn comes from the Arabic "مليون" (milyūn). |
| German | In German, "Million" originates from the Italian "milione" meaning "large thousand". |
| Greek | The word 'εκατομμύριο' is derived from the ancient Greek word 'εκατον' (hekaton), meaning 'hundred', and 'μύριοι' (myrioi), meaning 'ten thousand'. |
| Gujarati | The word "મિલિયન" (million) comes from the Latin word "mille" meaning "thousand," and the suffix "-illion" meaning "large number." |
| Haitian Creole | Etymology: From French "million", ultimately from Italian "milione" meaning "thousand". Haitian Creole milyard also means "milliard". |
| Hausa | The word "miliyan" in Hausa is derived from the Arabic word "malyūn," which also means "million." |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian word "miliona" is derived from the English word "million" and also means "rich" or "wealthy". |
| Hebrew | The word "million" derives from the Latin "mille" (thousand). |
| Hindi | दस लाख (das lākh) means 'ten lacs', derived from the Sanskrit words 'दश' (ten) and 'लाख' (lac). |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lab" is etymologically related to "leaf" and can also mean "layer" or "sheet." |
| Hungarian | The word "millió" in Hungarian comes from the Italian "milione" and originally meant "a large number" or "a great number". |
| Icelandic | The word milljón ultimately derives from the Italian "milione", meaning "thousand thousands". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word “nde,” meaning “million,” is derived from the root “ndu,” which signifies “life” and “existence.” |
| Indonesian | In addition to meaning "million," "juta" can also refer to a type of small coin used in traditional Indonesian games. |
| Irish | The Irish word "milliún" derives from the Latin word "mille" (thousand), but has evolved to mean a thousand times a thousand (i.e., a million). |
| Italian | The term "milioni" also refers to the Roman Catholic custom of lighting "a million" candles when a person is on their deathbed. |
| Japanese | 百万 (hyakuman) means 'a hundred thousand,' or a hundred times larger than ten thousand (万, man). |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'yuta' has other meanings, including 'one thousand' and 'a small amount'. |
| Kannada | The word "ದಶಲಕ್ಷ" is derived from Sanskrit and literally means "ten lakhs" or "ten hundred thousand" |
| Kazakh | "Миллион" in Kazakh originates from the Arabic word "malyun", meaning "vast amount" or "immense sum". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "លាន" also refers to a large, grassy plain or field. |
| Korean | The word "백만" (baekman) literally means "100 myriad" in Korean, where "myriad" (만, man) means 10,000. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "mêlûn" is derived from the Persian word "melian", which itself is derived from the Greek word "murias", meaning "ten thousand". |
| Kyrgyz | The word миллион (million) is derived from the Italian word milione (thousand). |
| Lao | The Lao word ລ້ານ, besides "million", also denotes 400,000, or ten thousand times ten thousand. |
| Latin | The Latin term 'decies centena' literally means 'ten times a hundred thousand', hence 'a million'. |
| Latvian | The word "miljons" in Latvian derives from the German "Million" via Polish "milion" and means "a very large number". |
| Lithuanian | Although "mln" means "million" in Lithuanian, "mlrd" is used to denote "billion" instead of the longer "milijardas". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Milliounen" in Luxembourgish is derived from the French word "million" and is used in the same sense, but it can also be used informally to refer to a large number or amount. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "милиони" derives from the Latin word "mille," meaning "a thousand". Plural usage is possible as well. |
| Malagasy | "TAPITRISA" is also the name of a type of divination.} |
| Malay | The Malay word "juta" derives from the Sanskrit "yuta" meaning a large sum of money or gems. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ദശലക്ഷം" is derived from Sanskrit, where "daśa" means "ten" and "lakṣa" means "lakh (one hundred thousand)", so "daṣalakṣa" literally means "ten lakhs". |
| Maltese | "Miljun" in Maltese comes from the Italian "milione", which itself comes from the Late Latin "milliōn", meaning "thousand thousands". The word "miljun" can also be used figuratively in Maltese to mean a large amount of something or a vast sum of money. |
| Maori | Maori word "miriona" derives from the Latin "millio" meaning "thousand". |
| Marathi | दशलक्ष (dasalakṣa), meaning "tenth lakh," is a Sanskrit word that refers to one million in the Indian numbering system. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "сая" originates from the Persian word "sed" meaning "hundred thousand" and later evolved to mean "million" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word for "million", "သန်း", derives from the Pali word "sahassa", meaning "thousand". |
| Nepali | "मिलियन" शब्द संस्कृत शब्द "लक्ष" से व्युत्पन्न है, जिसका अर्थ है "एक लाख"। |
| Norwegian | Ordet million brukes også metaforisk for å beskrive noe som er veldig stort. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "miliyoni" can also refer to a "huge amount" or a "very large number". |
| Pashto | The word مليون (pronounced miliwan) is derived from the Arabic word "مليون" (pronounced milyawn) meaning "thousand thousands" |
| Persian | "میلیون" (million) is derived from the Persian word "مليون" (milyūn), ultimately from the Arabic word "مليون" (milyūn), meaning "a thousand thousand". |
| Polish | Polish word "milion" also means "a lot" or "a huge amount of something". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "milhão" derives from the Spanish "millón" and the Old Castilian "millonada", ultimately stemming from the Latin "mille" meaning "thousand". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "milion" also means "a large number" or "an enormous amount". |
| Russian | The word "миллион" derives from the Italian word "milione" meaning "thousand" and was first used in the 13th century to describe a large sum of money. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'miliona' originates from the Spanish word 'millón', which itself comes from the Latin 'mille', meaning 'thousand'. It can also refer to a large group of people or things. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "millean" in Scots Gaelic comes from the Latin word "mille", meaning "thousand". |
| Serbian | The word "милион" in Serbian is derived from the Italian "milione", which originally meant "a thousand thousand". |
| Sesotho | "Millione" is a borrowed word from English, originally meaning "thousand". |
| Shona | Miriyoni comes from the Zulu word 'ililiyoni', meaning 'a thousand thousands'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ملي" can also mean "worth or value". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word මිලියන is derived from the Greek "chilioi," meaning thousand and "myrias," meaning ten thousand. |
| Slovak | The word "milión" also means "many" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'milijonov' in Slovenian comes from the Italian word 'milione' which comes from the Latin 'mille' meaning 'thousand'. |
| Somali | The word "milyan" is derived from the Arabic word "milyun" meaning "a thousand thousand" and is commonly used in countries influenced by the Arab world, including Somalia. |
| Spanish | The word "millón" comes from the Latin word "mille", meaning "thousand", and the suffix "-ón", which denotes a large quantity. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "juta" also means "long rope" or "long hair". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "milioni" is likely borrowed from the Arabic "milyon," ultimately deriving from the Italian "milione." |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "miljon" originates from the Latin word "mille" meaning thousand and the French suffix "-ion" indicating a large quantity. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "milyon" in Tagalog comes from the Spanish word "millón", ultimately derived from the Latin word "mīlle" meaning "a thousand". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "миллион" is derived from the French word "million", which in turn comes from the Italian word "milione" meaning "thousand thousand". |
| Thai | ล้าน (million) derives from the Sanskrit word Lakṣa, which translates literally to "mark", but is usually interpreted as 100,000. |
| Turkish | The word 'milyon' comes from the Italian word 'milione', meaning 'large number'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "мільйонів" can also refer to a large number of something, typically in the hundreds of thousands or millions. |
| Urdu | "دس لاکھ" is derived from Hindi "दस लाख" (ten lakh) and ultimately from Sanskrit "लक्ष" (lakṣa). "لکھ" (lakh) also means "a hundred thousand" alone, which is the origin of both English "lac" (used for a resin) and "latch" through Hindi "लाख". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, |
| Vietnamese | "Triệu is originally derived from the Chinese words 'triệu bách vạn'(兆 百 萬) (lit. 'ten hundred ten thousand'), which refers to the number 100,000,000." |
| Welsh | The word "miliwn" in Welsh comes from the Latin "mille" meaning "thousand" and the suffix "-wn" meaning "augmentative," making "miliwn" literally mean "big thousand." |
| Xhosa | The word 'yezigidi' may also refer to a type of grass or a type of bird. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word מיליאָן is derived from the French word "million", which itself is derived from the Italian word "milione", meaning "one thousand". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word 'million' can also refer to a large quantity or number, or to a great number of people. |
| Zulu | The word "isigidi" comes from the Zulu word "isigidi", meaning "a thousand." |
| English | The word "million" derives from the Italian word "milione", meaning "thousand thousand". |