million
French, number/mi.ljɔ̃/
million is spelled M-I-L-L-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written French, the 2,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Million is a French masculine number meaning “million (10⁶)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does million mean in English?
number
- 1
masculinemillion (10⁶)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom de nombre cardinal. Mille fois mille, 10⁶. 2. Un million de francs, et à présent, un million d’euros. 3. Grande richesse. 4. Un nombre indéfini, mais considérable.
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 million
- millions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce million?
- /mi.ljɔ̃/
- \mi.ljɔ̃\
- \mi.jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to million
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is million in French?
million appears 34 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).