different between millionnaire vs millionaire

English

Noun

millionnaire (plural millionnaires)

1. Archaic spelling of millionaire.

French

Etymology

From million +? -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.lj?.n??/

Noun

millionnaire m or f (plural millionnaires)

1. millionaire

Adjective

millionnaire (plural millionnaires)

1. Very rich

Derived terms

• multimillionnaire / archimillionnaire

See also

• milliardaire

Further reading

• “millionnaire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• millionnaire (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French millionnaire. Reanalyzable as million +? -aire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?l.i.??n??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?l.j??n??/, /?m?l.j??n??/

Noun

millionaire (plural millionaires)

1. (strictly) A person whose net worth is at or greater than one million units of the local currency, but less than two million.
2. (loosely) A person whose net worth is at or greater than one million units of the local currency; a multimillionaire.

Derived terms

Related terms

• billionaire, trillionaire
• (figuratively) zillionaire, bazillionaire, gazillionaire, squillionaire
• million

Translations

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “Millionaire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary