trillionaire

English

Etymology

From trillion ‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/

Noun

trillionaire (plural trillionaires)

1. Somebody whose wealth is at least one trillion (10¹²) currency units.

   There has yet to be a trillionaire.

   • 2013, Brian Raftopoulos, David Moore, Norma Kriger, 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?: The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country, →ISBN, page 92:

     One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.

   • 2015, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Kids: The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World, →ISBN, page 137:

     A trip to Zimbabwe might make you a trillionaire.

   • 2020, Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things, →ISBN, page 180:

     At its worst, the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe's currency rendered one US dollar worth 2,621,984,228,675,650,147,435,579,309,984,228 Zimbabwe dollars. At that point pretty much every Zimbabwean became a de facto trillionaire.

Derived terms

• multitrillionaire
• trillionairess

Related terms

• trillion
• millionaire
• billionaire
• quadrillionaire

Translations

somebody whose wealth is at least 10¹²

• Czech: bilionář
• Danish: billionær c
• Finnish: biljonääri
• German: Billionär (de) m
• Indonesian: trilyuner
• Persian: تریلیونر (triliyoner), تیلیاردر (tiliyârder) (informal)
• Polish: bilioner m
• Portuguese: trilionário m
• Russian: триллионе́р (ru) m (trillionér), триллионе́рша f (trillionérša)
• Spanish: trillonario m, trillonaria f
• Swedish: biljonär (sv) c
• Turkish: trilyoner (tr)