Word: gillion
Part of speech: Numeral
Syllables: gi
llion
Definition: A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK, and unclear on an international scale) US billion.
Morphemes:
Affix: giga-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 109; billion-. Symbol: G
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γίγας
Language: grc
Decoded: gigas
Meaning: giant
Affix: -illion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million or of a thousand greater than 1,000,000. Thus we have the names billion, trillion, etc.