Centaines, milliers, millions et differences US/UK
On utilise hundred precede du chiffre multiplicateur. Le mot "and" est utilise en anglais britannique entre les centaines et les dizaines :
| Nombre | Anglais britannique | Anglais americain |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | one hundred | one hundred |
| 200 | two hundred | two hundred |
| 115 | one hundred and fifteen | one hundred fifteen |
| 250 | two hundred and fifty | two hundred fifty |
| 399 | three hundred and ninety-nine | three hundred ninety-nine |
| 507 | five hundred and seven | five hundred seven |
| Nombre | Anglais | Remarque |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | one thousand | Virgule = separateur de milliers |
| 2,500 | two thousand five hundred | Pas de "and" apres thousand |
| 10,000 | ten thousand | |
| 15,750 | fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty | |
| 100,000 | one hundred thousand | |
| 500,000 | five hundred thousand |
| Nombre | Anglais | Francais |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 | one million | un million |
| 1,000,000,000 | one billion | un milliard |
| 1,000,000,000,000 | one trillion | un billion |
| 1,000,000,000,000,000 | one quadrillion | un billiard |
Les pays anglophones utilisent l'echelle courte, tandis que la France utilise l'echelle longue :
| Valeur | Echelle courte (US/UK) | Echelle longue (France) |
|---|---|---|
| 10⁶ | million | million |
| 10⁹ | billion | milliard |
| 10¹² | trillion | billion |
| 10¹⁵ | quadrillion | billiard |
| 10¹⁸ | quintillion | trillion |
| Correct | Incorrect | Regle |
|---|---|---|
| three hundred | Pas de "s" apres un nombre precis | |
| two thousand | Pas de "s" apres un nombre precis | |
| five million | Pas de "s" apres un nombre precis | |
| hundreds of people | — | "s" pour quantite vague |
| thousands of euros | — | "s" pour quantite vague |
| millions of stars | — | "s" pour quantite vague |
Methode : Decomposez par groupes de trois chiffres en partant de la droite.
4,567,890 → four million, five hundred and sixty-seven thousand, eight hundred and ninety
12,345 → twelve thousand, three hundred and forty-five
1,001,001 → one million, one thousand and one
$3.5 billion → three point five billion dollars (3 500 000 000 $)
| Expression | Signification | Exemple |
|---|---|---|
| a couple of hundred | environ 200 | A couple of hundred guests arrived. |
| a few thousand | quelques milliers | A few thousand tickets were sold. |
| tens of thousands | des dizaines de milliers | Tens of thousands protested. |
| half a million | 500 000 | Half a million downloads. |
| a quarter of a million | 250 000 | A quarter of a million viewers. |
Ecrivez en anglais :
1. 3 750 →
2. 42 000 →
3. 1 500 000 →
4. 2 300 000 000 →
5. 10 000 000 000 000 →