milioni

Milioni is the plural form of milione, the Italian word for the number one million. Milione denotes 1,000,000, and milioni is used when referring to more than one million or to a large quantity. The phrase milioni di is common in everyday language to indicate a large, approximate, or undetermined total, as in milioni di persone or milioni di euro.

Etymology and form: Milione is formed from mille (thousand) with an augmentative suffix, yielding a noun that denotes a very large number. The plural is milioni, and the singular is accompanied by the preposition di in phrases like un milione di euro or un milione di persone.

Numerical context: In Italian, milione is a unit for large counts, distinct from miliardo (1,000,000,000) and bilione (1,000,000,000,000). Contemporary Italian commonly uses miliardo for one thousand millions and bilione for one million millions, though historical usage can vary with long-scale conventions. In practice, milione refers specifically to 1e6, while much larger quantities are expressed with the other terms or by numerical figures.

Usage and examples: Milioni appears in statistics, media, and everyday speech. Examples include un milione di esiti, milioni di cittadini, and milioni di euro. The term is versatile for both precise and approximate counts and can be paired with di to introduce the object of the count.

See also: For broader context on Italian numerals, related terms include mille (thousand), milione (one million), miliardo (one billion/one thousand million), and bilione (one trillion, depending on scale).