millionaire

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millionaire

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Alternative forms

millionnaire (archaic)

Etymology

From French millionnaire. By surface analysis, million +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.jəˈnɛɹ/, /ˈmɪl.jəˌnɛɹ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

millionaire (plural millionaires)

Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units.
Synonym: (archaic) millionist

Hyponym: multimillionaire
- 2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money‎:
  Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment. […] While starting early can increase your likelihood of attaining millionaire status, the investments you choose play an equally important role.

Derived terms

Related terms

billionaire, trillionaire, quadrillionaire, centillionaire
(figuratively) zillionaire, bazillionaire, gazillionaire, squillionaire
million

Translations

somebody whose wealth is greater than one million

Albanian: milioner (sq) m
Arabic: مَلْيُونِير m (malyūnīr)
Armenian: միլիոնատեր (hy) (milionater)
Azerbaijani: milyoner
Belarusian: мільяне́р m (milʹjanjér), мільяне́рка f (milʹjanjérka)
Bulgarian: милионе́р m (milionér)
Burmese: သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး (san:krwaisuhte:), မီလီယံနာ (miliyamna)
Catalan: milionari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 百萬富翁 / 百万富翁 (zh) (bǎiwàn fùwēng), 巨富 (jùfù)
Czech: milionář (cs) m
Danish: millionær
Dutch: miljonair (nl) m
Esperanto: milionulo
Estonian: miljonär (et)
Finnish: miljonääri (fi)
French: millionnaire (fr) m or f
Galician: millonario m, millonaria f
Georgian: მილიონერი (milioneri)
German: Millionär (de) m, Millionärin (de) f
Greek: εκατομμυριούχος (el) m (ekatommyrioúchos)
Greenlandic: millionæri, millioneeri
Gujarati: કરોડપતિ (karoḍpati)
Hebrew: מִילְיוֹנֶר
Hindi: करोड़पति (hi) m (karoṛpati) (greater than 10 million)
Hungarian: milliomos (hu)
Icelandic: milljónamæringur (is) m, milli (is) m
Indonesian: jutawan (id)
Irish: milliúnaí m
Italian: milionario (it) m
Japanese: 大富豪 (ja) (だいふごう, daifugō), 百万長者 (ja) (ひゃくまんちょうじゃ, hyakumanchōja), ミリオネア (ja) (mirionea)
Javanese: please add this translation if you can
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 백만장자(百萬長者) (ko) (baengmanjangja)
Lao: ເສດຖີເງິນລ້ານ (sēt thī ngœn lān), ເສດຖີ (sēt thī)
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: miljonārs m, miljonāre f
Lithuanian: milijonierius m
Macedonian: милионе́р m (milionér)
Malay: jutawan (ms)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maltese: miljunarju m, miljunarja f
Mongolian: саятан (mn) (sajatan)
Norman: millionnaithe m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: millionær m

Nynorsk: millionær m
Persian: میلیونر (fa) (milyoner)
Polish: milioner (pl) m, milionerka (pl) f
Portuguese: milionário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਮਿਲੀਅਨਏਅਰ (milīanaēara)
Romanian: milionar (ro) m, milionară (ro) f
Russian: миллионе́р (ru) m (millionér), миллионе́рша (ru) f (millionérša)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: милионер m

Roman: milioner (sh) m
Slovak: milionár m
Slovene: milijonar m, milijonarka f
Spanish: millonario (es) m, millonaria (es) f
Swahili: milionea
Swedish: miljonär (sv) c
Tamil: லட்சாதிபதி (ta) c (laṭcātipati) (less than 10 million), கோடீஸ்வரன் m (kōṭīsvaraṉ) (greater than 10 million)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เศรษฐี (th) (sèet-tǐi)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: milyoner (tr)
Ukrainian: мільйоне́р m (milʹjonér), мільйоне́рка f (milʹjonérka)
Uyghur: مىليونېر (milyonër)
Vietnamese: triệu phú (vi)
Welsh: miliwnydd m
Yiddish: מיליאָנער m (milyoner)
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Millionaire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.