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des milliards

billions

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phrase Rare #44,391
billions Used to refer to an extremely large number; it is often followed by de and a noun, as in des milliards d'étoiles.
FR: Il y a des milliards de galaxies dans l'univers.
EN: There are billions of galaxies in the universe.

Quand c'était un tube, je l'ai entendue des milliards de fois.

When it was a hit, I heard it billions of times.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Il y a des milliards d'étoiles dans l'univers.

There are billions of stars in the universe.

Il y a des milliards d'étoiles dans le ciel.

There are billions of stars in the sky.

Les chats tuent des milliards d'oiseaux chaque année.

Cats kill billions of birds every year.