http://www.jimloy.com/math/billion.htm
As you see french (as well as most other countries) use billion for 12 zeros while the US uses billion for 9 zeros 2007/6/13, Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I am contemplating adding a French section to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Number_in_Words I would appreciate it if members of Forum whose mother tongue is French can verify or correct the following description: The name in French of a non-negative integer is formed on groups of 3 digits, starting from the right. Each group is suffixed with the name of the unit, and a group of three 0-digits is omitted (unless all groups are all 0-digits, in which case the name is "zéro"). French units (10^3*k) are the same as English units with "mille" replacing "thousand", "milliard" replacing "billion", and "décillion" replacing "decillion". (Will I be laughed at if I use "billion" instead of "milliard"?) There are a few idiomatic rules: a. 71 is "soixante et onze" but 72 is "soixante-douze", 73 is "soixante-treis", etc. (Will I be laughed at if I say "soixante-onze"?) b. 10,000 is "dix-millièmes" even though 9,000 is "neuf mille" and 11,000 is "onze mille". (Will I be laughed at if I say "dix mille"?) c. Numbers between 100 and 199 omit the leading "un". Thus 175 is "cent soixante-quinze" but 275 is "deux cents soixante-quinze". d. Likewise, numbers between 1000 and 1999 omit the leading "un". e. After "million", "milliard" ("billion"), or "trillion", there is a "de" before the trailing words. Thus, 1,004,224,000 is "un milliard de quatre millions de deux cents vingt-quatre mille". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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