How to say “million” in 43 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- millones/mijˈjones/ Spanish
- миллион[mʲɪlʲ(ː)ɪˈon] Russian
- مليون/mal.juːn/ Arabic
- 백만[pɛŋma̠n] Korean
- εκατομμύρια/ˌekatoˈmiriˌa/ Greek
- מיליון/milˈjon/ Hebrew
“million” in Spanish: millones · French: millions · German: millionen · Italian: milione · Portuguese: milhão · Korean: 백만 · Russian: миллион · Arabic: مليون
It is commonest in Arabic, where مليون is the 378th most used word.
Million in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans miljoen/məlˈjun/ #627
- Arabic مليون/mal.juːn/ #378
- Bosnian milijuna/ˈmilɪˌjʊnɐ/ #1,339
- Bulgarian милион[miliˈɔn] #1,237
- Catalan milions/miliˈons/ #686
- Croatian milijuna/ˈmilɪˌjʊnɐ/ #762
- Czech milion[ˈmɪlɪjon] #1,955
- Danish millioner/miliˈoːˀnɐ/ a million #628
- Dutch miljoen/mɪlˈjun/ a million, 10⁶ #611
- Esperanto milionoj/miliˈonoi̯/ #1,097
- Estonian miljonit/mˈiljonit/ a/one million, 10⁶ #721
- Finnish miljoonaa/ˈmiljoːnaː/ million, 10⁶ #931
- French millions/milˈjɔ̃/ #745
- Galician millóns/miˈʎons/ #527
- German millionen/mɪˈli̯oːnən/ #799
- Greek εκατομμύρια/ˌekatoˈmiriˌa/ #808
- Hebrew מיליון/milˈjon/ #511
- Hindi करोड़/kə.ɾoːɽ/ ten million #870
- Hungarian millió[ˈmilijoː] a million, 10⁶ #857
- Indonesian juta/ˈd͡ʒuta/ #601
- Italian milione/miˈljo.ne/ #1,777
- Korean 백만[pɛŋma̠n] million, 10⁶ #1,383
- Latvian miljonus/ˈmilljoːnus/ #969
- Lithuanian milijonas/mɪlɪˈjoːnɐs/ #1,923
- Macedonian милион[miliˈɔn] #881
- Malay juta/ˈd͡ʒuta/ #505
- Malayalam ദശലക്ഷം/d̪ɐʃɐlɐkʂɐm/ ten lakhs, one million #1,159
- Norwegian millioner/mɪlɪˈuːnər/ a million #634
- Persian میلیون/meljuːn/ #1,207
- Polish milionów/miˈljɔ.nuf/ #1,248
- Portuguese milhão/miˈʎɐ̃w̃/ #1,677
- Romanian milioane/ˌmiljɔˈane/ #645
- Russian миллион[mʲɪlʲ(ː)ɪˈon] #2,137
- Serbian milion/milǐoːn/ #1,253
- Slovak milión/miʎiɔːn/ #903
- Slovenian milijon/milijóːn/ #627
- Spanish millones/mijˈjones/ #636
- Swedish miljoner/ˈmɪljuːnɛr/ A million, 10⁶ #690
- Tagalog milyon/milˈjon/ #860
- Tamil கோடி/koːɖiː/ crore, 10,000,000 = ten million #1,880
- Turkish milyon/milˈjon/ #539
- Ukrainian мільйон[mʲiˈlʲjɔn] #1,724
- Vietnamese triệu[t͡ɕiəw˧˨ʔ] #649
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