Milliárd

Milliárd is a Hungarian numeral meaning 1,000,000,000 (one billion in the short-scale system). It is the standard term in Hungarian for that quantity and is used in mathematics, science, finance, and media.

In Hungarian, milliárd corresponds to the English word billion (10^9). The language distinguishes this from billió, which denotes 10^12 (a trillion in English). This reflects the common European distinction between short-scale and long-scale naming, where several languages use similar terms with different powers of ten.

Etymology and cognates: the form milliárd is cognate with related terms in other languages, such as milliard (English) and Milliarde (German), all referring to the same order of magnitude in many European numbering systems. The Hungarian spelling uses the diacritic on the á, reflecting proper pronunciation.

Usage and representation: 1 milliárd equals 1,000,000,000. In written Hungarian, large numbers are often grouped with spaces, e.g., 1 000 000 000. Fractions are possible (e.g., 0.5 milliárd = 500,000,000). The term appears in budgets, statistics, media reports, and scientific data when expressing quantities at the scale of billions.

See also: Milliard, Billió, and the distinction between short-scale and long-scale naming conventions. While milliárd denotes 10^9 in Hungarian, related terms in other languages may cover the same or different magnitudes.