milljónir

Milljónir is the Icelandic term for "millions," the plural of milljón (million). It denotes a quantity of one million or more and is used in everyday language as well as formal statistics, economics, journalism, and demographics. The word appears in contexts ranging from budget figures to population counts.

Etymology and cognates: milljónir is a loanword in Icelandic, related to the Nordic forms such as Danish million, Norwegian million, and Swedish miljon, as well as the English word million. It entered Icelandic through contact with other European languages and has become a standard unit in the Icelandic numeric system.

Usage and grammar: Singular milljón refers to exactly one million. The form milljónir is the common plural used when speaking of multiple millions or when the exact number is not specified. In compound expressions, the genitive form milljóna is used, for example in phrases meaning "tens of millions of [units]."

In contemporary Icelandic, milljónir is encountered in news reports, statistics, and financial discourse to convey large-scale quantities, and it functions similarly to its English counterpart in conveying scale and magnitude.