Miljoonaa

Miljoonaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun miljoona, meaning "a million." It is used in Finnish to express a large, indefinite quantity or as part of a numerical phrase after a numeral or currency, for example kaks miljoonaa euroa (two million euros) or kolme miljoonaa asukasta (three million inhabitants). The form miljoonaa appears in most common constructions where the quantity is described as a non-specified portion of a whole, and it is frequently found in finance, statistics and everyday speech.

Grammatically, miljoona denotes the unit of one million, and miljoonaa functions as the partitive form in many counting expressions. The nominative singular is miljoona, and other inflected forms follow standard Finnish counting noun patterns. In longer phrases or different cases, related forms such as miljoonia and miljoonien may appear, depending on the grammatical role of the accompanying noun.

Etymology traces miljoona to the Swedish miljon, which in turn derives from Latin and French roots through medieval commerce and science. The Finnish form miljon/ Miljoona emerged and standardized in the 19th and 20th centuries as Finnish mathematical and everyday vocabulary expanded.

In usage, miljoonaa is most common after numerals in phrases describing precise or near-precise quantities, particularly with currencies, populations, amounts of goods, and other counted entities. It is less common as a stand-alone expression outside of numerical contexts, but it remains a fundamental part of Finnish number grammar and everyday language.