Thanks. I infer from http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_nombres that the nomenclature is:
Numbers of the form 10^3*k are named. 10^3 is mille; 10^6 is million; and for k>1, 10^(6*k) is the Latin for k>1 prefaced to -illion and 10^(6*k)+3 is the Latin for k prefaced to -illiard. Thus: 10^12 billion 10^15 billiard 10^18 trillion 10^21 trilliard ... 10^120 vigintillion 10^123 vigintilliard ... ----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal Heus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:19 pm Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Numbers in French > Roger: > - 10^6 is "million", 10^9 is "milliard", 10^12 is "billion", 10^15 is > "nilliard", and 10^18 is "trillion" > - in (a) 73 is soixante-treize (not treis) > - in (b) "dix-mille" is actually correct for 10,000, dix-millième is > 1/10,000 > Now if you want a real fun part, in Belgium for "70" and "90" we say > 'septante" et "nonante" instead of "soixante-dix" and "quatre- > vingt-dix" > in French. > And for the record, the swiss also use "huitante" ou "octante" instead > of qutare-vingt" for 80. So belgian and swiss compliance might be more > tricky to implement :-) > See the following Wikipedia page: > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombres_en_fran%C3%A7ais > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_des_grands_nombres > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_nombres > best > Pascal > > Roger Hui wrote: > > 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
