milliardaire

English

Etymology

From French milliardaire (“milliardaire, billionaire”). Equivalent to milliard +‎ -aire.

Noun

milliardaire (plural milliardaires)

1. (rare) A billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (10⁹) dollars, or other currency.
   • 1934, B. Traven, The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor, London: Chatto & Windus, page 143:

     You can often read in the Sunday papers and magazines, and the speeches of successful men, that it is only by working extra hard without extra pay that a factory hand can show the ambition, energy, and drive that will make him a Managing Director or a milliardaire.

French

Etymology

From milliard +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljaʁ.dɛʁ/

Noun

milliardaire m or f by sense (plural milliardaires)

1. billionaire

Descendants

• → German: Milliardär
• → Finnish: miljardööri
• → Romanian: miliardar
• → Russian: миллиарде́р (milliardér)
• → Turkish: milyarder

Further reading

• “milliardaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.