Word: milliardaires
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
lliar
daires
Definition: Plural of milliardaire. A billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (109) dollars, or other currency.
Morphemes:
Affix: milliard
Language: en
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: 109, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion .)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: milliard
Language: fr
Decoded: milliard
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: A milliard (a short scale billion).
Affix: -aire
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: million
Language: fr
Decoded: million
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: million, 106.
Affix: -aire
Language: fr
Decoded: -aire
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ary (nominal suffix)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.