montants d'argent
The phrase for money amounts in French is montants d'argent.
montants d'argent is used to refer to specific sums or quantities of money. In casual speech, you may encounter the slang term balle to refer to euros.
How does it change in a sentence?
When discussing specific units like the cent, the word centime becomes centimes in its plural form.
Did you know?
- French speakers often use the word oseille to refer to money in a slang context. This word literally translates to 'sorrel', a green herb, because of the color of banknotes.
- In French, the word argent is used for both 'money' and 'silver'. This reflects a historical time when the value of currency was tied directly to the silver content of the coins.
- When writing money amounts in France, the euro symbol is placed after the figure with a space. This is the opposite of the English convention where the symbol comes first.
Examples in context
- Un euroOne euro
- Dix eurosTen euros
- Vingt-cinq eurosTwenty-five euros
- Cent eurosOne hundred euros
- Cinq cents eurosFive hundred euros
- Mille eurosOne thousand euros
- Trois mille cinq cents eurosThree thousand five hundred euros
- Dix mille eurosTen thousand euros
- Un million d'eurosOne million euros
- Cinq centimesFive euro cents
- Dix ballesTen bucks
- Cent ballesA hundred bucks
- Mille ballesA thousand bucks
- Dix mille ballesTen thousand bucks
- Quarante euros et cinquante centimesForty euros and fifty cents
- J'ai payé cinquante balles pour ce t-shirtI paid fifty euros for this t-shirt
Example conversation
Gabriel and Emma are reviewing a project budget together.
- GabrielEmma, as-tu vu les montants d'argent pour le voyage ?Emma, did you see the money amounts for the trip?
- EmmaOui, Gabriel, je les ai notés ici.Yes, Gabriel, I noted them here.
- GabrielCertains montants d'argent semblent trop élevés.Some money amounts seem too high.
- EmmaJe vais vérifier les prix demain.I will check the prices tomorrow.
