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Etymology [ edit ]
From billion + -aire .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
billionaire (plural billionaires )
Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109 ) dollars, or other currency.
Synonym: ( rare ) milliardaire
2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8841 , page 70 :Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. [ …] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
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wealth exceeding one billion (109 )
Arabic: مِلْيَارْدِير m ( milyārdīr )
Armenian: միլիարդատեր (hy) ( miliardater )
Belarusian: мільярдэ́р m ( milʹjardér ) , мільярдэ́рка f ( milʹjardérka )
Burmese: ဘီလီယံနာ ( bhiliyamna )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 億萬富翁 / 亿万富翁 ( jik1 maan6 fu3 jung1 )
Mandarin: 億萬富翁 / 亿万富翁 (zh) ( yìwàn fùwēng )
Czech: miliardář (cs) m
Danish: milliardær c
Dutch: miljardair (nl) m
Esperanto: miliardulo
Estonian: miljardär (et)
Finnish: miljardööri (fi)
French: milliardaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: მილიარდერი ( miliarderi )
German: Milliardär (de) m , Milliardärin (de) f
Greek: δισεκατομμυριούχος (el) m ( disekatommyrioúchos )
Hebrew: מיליארדר (he) m ( miliarder ) , מיליארדרית f ( miliarderit )
Hungarian: milliárdos (hu)
Icelandic: milljarðamæringur m
Indonesian: milyader
Italian: miliardario (it) m
Japanese: 億万長者 (ja) ( おくまんちょうじゃ, okumanchōja )
Kazakh: миллиардер ( milliarder )
Khmer: អ្នកមានលុយរាប់រយកោដិ ( ʼnɑɑkmiənluyrŏəprɔɔykaodeʼ )
Korean: 억만장자 (ko) ( eongmanjangja )
Macedonian: милијарде́р m ( milijardér )
Mongolian: тэрбумтан (mn) ( terbumtan )
Norwegian: milliardær m
Persian: میلیاردر (fa) ( miliyârder )
Polish: miliarder (pl) m , miliarderka (pl) f
Portuguese: bilionário m
Romanian: miliardar (ro) m , miliardară (ro) f
Romansch: milliardari m
Russian: миллиарде́р (ru) m ( milliardér ) , миллиарде́рша (ru) f ( milliardérša )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: милијардер m
Roman: milijarder (sh) m
Spanish: milmillonario m , multimillonario (es) m , millardario m
Swahili: bilionea
Swedish: miljardär (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: milyarder (tr)
Ukrainian: мільярде́р m ( milʹjardér ) , мільярде́рка f ( milʹjardérka )
Urdu: ارب پتی m ( arab patī )
Vietnamese: tỉ phú