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gillion

English

Etymology

From gi(ga)- +? -illion. Modelled after million, billion etc. Compare also jillion.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: g?l'y?n, j?l'y?n; IPA(key): /???lj?n/, /?d??lj?n/
    • Note: the pronunciation with either a hard or soft g is meant to correspond to how the speaker pronounces the initial g of giga-.
  • Homophones: jillion, Gillian, Jillian (for "soft" g; the names may alternatively be trisyllabic /?d??l.i.?n/)
  • Rhymes: -?lj?n

Numeral

gillion

  1. (rare) A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK, and unclear on an international scale) US billion.

Noun

gillion (plural gillions)

  1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:zillion.

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gullion

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???li.?n/

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. (obsolete) A worthless wretch

Scots

Etymology 1

From Irish góilín (a creek, gully).

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. quagmire, swamp, cesspool

Etymology 2

Variant of cullion, from Old French coyon (scoundrel) or couille (scrotum; testicle).

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. a gullion, a wretch, a worthless person

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