one trillion
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This numeral represents one trillion (10¹²), formed by multiplying one million by one million.
one trillion
It denotes the exact number 1,000,000,000,000, especially when discussing very large quantities or sums of money.
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งบประมาณมากกว่าหนึ่งล้านล้านบาท ŋóppramaan mâak kwàa nʉ̀ŋ láan láan bàat The budget exceeds one trillion baht. งบประมาณมากกว่าหนึ่งล้านล้านบาท details
Learning notes
Explanation
ล้าน means “one million.” Repeating it as ล้านล้าน gives one million times one million, or one trillion. For an explicit quantity of exactly one trillion, หนึ่งล้านล้าน is the clearest form. Other numerals can replace หนึ่ง, as in สองล้านล้าน “two trillion” and สามล้านล้าน “three trillion.” With an unrealistic count, it can be used for playful exaggeration, roughly meaning “countless,” but this is a contextual extension of the literal number rather than a separate lexical meaning.
Usage
It commonly appears in news reports and discussions of national budgets, GDP, debt, company valuations, market size, and scientific quantities. In casual contexts, an implausibly large count may be understood as deliberate exaggeration.
Caution
Do not confuse พันล้าน “one billion” with ล้านล้าน “one trillion.” Also distinguish ล้านล้าน from ล้าน ๆ: the latter usually means “millions” or “many millions,” not an exact trillion.