the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
"The new stadium will cost exactly ten million dollars to build, which is one followed by six zeros."
(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
"The architect sketched the design for a million bricks before ordering any materials."
The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand.
"The lottery winner decided to donate a million dollars to build a new library in their hometown."
The word million comes from the Old French milione, which was formed by adding a suffix to the Italian word for thousand. It entered English through this French borrowing rather than being created directly from its Latin root.