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Define:Million

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Etymologie

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Frae Auld French, frae Italian milione (million), frae mille (thousand) (frae Laitin mille) + the augmentative suffix -one.

Pronunciation

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Spellin variants

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  • mulȝeon

million (plural million or millions)

[1] (lang an short scales) the cairdinal nummer 1,000,000: 106; a thoosan thoosan
(West Central, urban) Wi ower 1.5 mulȝeon fowk reportin thit they spik Scots at the 2011 census there, hit’s aften heard athort Scotland, an noo hit’s increasinly oot in public.
— Dr. Michael Dempster, director o the Centre for the Scots Leid[1]
[2] (colloquial, hyperbolic) an undeemous, gey muckle nummer
A'v telt ye a million time awreadie.

References

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  1. Rab Wilson (24 October 2019). "We hae a new generation o bonnie young fechters fir Scots!". The National (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 October 2020.