milliard
French, number/mi.ljaʁ/
milliard is spelled M-I-L-L-I-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milliard is a French masculine number meaning “billion (10⁹)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does milliard mean in English?
number
- 1
masculinebillion (10⁹)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mille millions (10⁹=1 000 000 000). 2. Milliard de l’unité monétaire couramment utilisée et sous-entendue, ou, parfois, d’une ancienne unité monétaire dont on a gardé l’habitude. 3. Grand nombre, souvent utilisé pour exagérer, pour donner de l’emphase. 4. Sorte de clafoutis auvergnat aux cerises ou aux raisins.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of milliard
- milliards plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milliard?
- /mi.ljaʁ/
- \mi.ljaʁ\
- [mi.ljaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milliard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milliard in French?
milliard appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).